THERE'S NOT A ton of cheat codes when it comes to building muscular strength and size. There's no magic pill you can take or one single exercise you can do to expedite the process. There are a few ...

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The key to remedying sore muscles is active recovery, according to Schoenfeld. “Don’t plop down on couch and not move,” he ...

Most people focus on lifting the weight during the concentric phase and then let gravity do the work on the way down,' says Chang. Take a bicep curl, for example: If you drive the dumbbell up but ...

“Most people focus on lifting the weight during the concentric phase and then let gravity do the work on the way down,” says Chang. Take a biceps curl, for example: If you drive the dumbbell ...

Note: During an eccentric contraction, the same muscles are active as during the concentric phase; however, external resistance causes the opposite joint actions to occur. - Biceps Curl (Downward ...

It’s easiest to imagine this contraction during a classic biceps curl. The concentric phase of the movement is when your biceps brachii are fighting (and beating) gravity to pull the dumbbell up ...

Lifting a weight in your hand and pulling it up toward your shoulder (for example, doing an arm curl) causes a concentric contraction in your bicep. The opposite occurs during an eccentric ...