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I found this on Dan's site:
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A few studies have reported greater muscle hypertrophy with eccentric exercise over concentric exercise (26, 27). Hortobágyi et al. (27) compared 12 weeks of maximal isokinetic eccentric quadriceps exercise with maximal concentric exercise. In the eccentric group, type II fiber area increased 10.3 times more than the concentric group (27). Higbie et al. (26) compared 10 weeks of unilateral concentric or eccentric knee-extension training on an isokinetic device. Quadriceps CSA increased more in the eccentric group (6.6%) than in the concentric group (5.0%) (26).
Not all studies have reported greater increases in muscle size with eccentric training. Smith and Rutherford (46) compared 20 weeks of eccentric training in one leg versus concentric training in the other leg. The eccentric leg exercised with weights that were 35% higher than that used for the concentric leg (46). Significant increases in muscle CSA occurred for both modalities of training (46).
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(http://hypertrophy-research.com/articles/Cell_Volume.doc - interesting read by the way)
How come eccentric training doesn't produce significantly more hypertrophy than concentric training since microtrauma are done primarily during the eccentric phase?
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A few studies have reported greater muscle hypertrophy with eccentric exercise over concentric exercise (26, 27). Hortobágyi et al. (27) compared 12 weeks of maximal isokinetic eccentric quadriceps exercise with maximal concentric exercise. In the eccentric group, type II fiber area increased 10.3 times more than the concentric group (27). Higbie et al. (26) compared 10 weeks of unilateral concentric or eccentric knee-extension training on an isokinetic device. Quadriceps CSA increased more in the eccentric group (6.6%) than in the concentric group (5.0%) (26).
Not all studies have reported greater increases in muscle size with eccentric training. Smith and Rutherford (46) compared 20 weeks of eccentric training in one leg versus concentric training in the other leg. The eccentric leg exercised with weights that were 35% higher than that used for the concentric leg (46). Significant increases in muscle CSA occurred for both modalities of training (46).
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(http://hypertrophy-research.com/articles/Cell_Volume.doc - interesting read by the way)
How come eccentric training doesn't produce significantly more hypertrophy than concentric training since microtrauma are done primarily during the eccentric phase?
