Modern exercise culture has spent years glorifying exhaustion. The harder a workout feels, the more effective people assume ...

Researchers are saying to move slow and controlled.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you tend to breeze through the "easy" part of an exercise—like lowering into a squat or letting your ...

What Are Eccentric and Concentric Contractions? Eccentric contractions occur when a muscle lengthens under load, such as lowering a dumbbell during a biceps curl. Concentric contractions happen when ...

We tend to focus on the upwards part of movement, but what happens on the way down can be just as beneficial.

It's not Pilates, yoga, or an expensive way to do strength training at home. Chances are, you're already doing it - but you ...

Understand the science of lifting versus lowering to optimize your training and break through your next plateau.

For years we have been told the best way to get fitter and stronger is to lift something heavy, whether that’s a barbell or our own bodyweight. What if how we put it down was just as important?