👀 Cool study showing that muscle damage is driven by the unaccustomedness to eccentric exercises. It goes against the thought that eccentric exercises are inherently damaging by nature.
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✅What are eccentric exercises and how do they differ to concentric movements?
✅Why do we think from previous research that eccentrics are inherently more damaging than concentrics?
✅What happens if you train subjects ‘only concentrically’ and ‘only eccentrically’ for ten weeks straight?
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Yeah, technique matters, too. Of course it does. But consider this: legendary Lu Xiaojun has an official clean and jerk PR of 207kg. His back squat PR is 305kg. 🤯
Of course every athlete is different, but for most professional weightlifters, these numbers will be a bit closer to each other. 🤏🏼
So, while it's understandable that people praise him for his effortless and aesthetically pleasing technique, it could be argued that raw strength has really been the primary driver of his incredible success. 💪🏼
This is mostly, because differences in technical efficiency among professional weightlifters who have been training for decades are minute. 🏋🏻♂️
Main take-away: it's easy to fall in love with technique, it always gives you something to work on and improvements are a little easier to come by than PRs. But behind every strength athlete's success is mainly his or her ability to move stupidly heavy weight in the basic lifts.😤
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