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  - Power = Growth? ..
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  - Drop Sets Study ..
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FEATURED JUNE ARTICLE: Eccentric Exercise for Muscle Hypertrophy

Resistance training produces muscle tissue hypertrophy and increases muscular strength in both men and women. During conventional dynamic resistance exercise, the muscles perform both concentric (CON) and eccentric (ECC) actions. CON exercise consists of muscle shortening; it's characterized when muscle torque exceeds the load torque and the weight is raised. ECC exercise produces muscle lengthening; it occurs when the muscle torque is less than the load torque and the weight is lowered.

Most people go to the gym and go through their normal weight training routine forgetting the true purpose of what all those weights and dumbbells are there for- to overload skeletal muscle. Without progressive overload in your weightlifting routine, don't expect to make gains in strength and size. Overloading skeletal muscle through maximal contractions causes damage to skeletal muscle resulting in an increase in muscle protein synthesis and muscle hypertrophy.

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