Banging out reps is pretty straightforward, generally speaking. Lift the weight, lower the weight, repeat. But if you break down the anatomy of a repetition, there’s more going on than meets the eye.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you tend to breeze through the "easy" part of an exercise—like lowering into a squat or letting your dumbbells drop after a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are actually three phases of each rep: the concentric (the “up” portion), the eccentric (the “lowering” portion), and the ...

Good news for those who struggle to fit a gym workout into their day: you may be able to cut your weights routine in half and still see the same results. New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) ...

Eccentric exercise focuses on movements, or phases of a movement, that lengthen the muscles. Some examples of eccentric exercise include lowering into a squat or lowering into a press-up. In contrast, ...