The Importance of Eccentric Exercise in Strength Training

Nicole: Would you agree that concentric is better for strength while eccentric is for hypertrophy? Nicole: Both true, but it's not totally a paradox. It's because now we're talking about elite levels and this goes into terms of specificity. When you start getting to that elite level, now you start talking about sports specificity. And if you're going to do really, really good at eccentric exercise,you're going to get really, reallygood at eccentric exercise.