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  2. Muscle contraction - Wikipedia

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    In concentric contraction, muscle tension is sufficient to overcome the load, and the muscle shortens as it contracts. [8] This occurs when the force generated by the muscle exceeds the load opposing its contraction. During a concentric contraction, a muscle is stimulated to contract according to the sliding filament theory. This occurs ...

  3. Isotonic contraction - Wikipedia

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    There are two types of isotonic contractions: (1) concentric and (2) eccentric. In a concentric contraction, the muscle tension rises to meet the resistance, then remains the same as the muscle shortens. In eccentric, the muscle lengthens due to the resistance being greater than the force the muscle is producing. [citation needed]

  4. Eccentric training - Wikipedia

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    Adolf Eugen Fick discovered in 1882 that "contracting muscle under stretch could produce greater force than a shortening muscle contraction" like in concentric movements. Fifty years later, A.V. Hill found that "the body had lower energy demand during an eccentric muscle contraction than during a concentric muscle action". [3]

  5. How You Can Make Major Gains By Staying Still - AOL

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    You know concentric muscle contractions well. These occur when the force your muscles produce outdoes the force of the load you’re lifting, leading you to lift and leading the targeted muscles ...

  6. Understanding Eccentric vs. Concentric Movement Can ... - AOL

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    Eccentric, concentric, and isometric phases are all distinct parts of most exercises you do in your workouts. Here's what they mean and how to use them. Eccentric, concentric, and isometric phases ...

  7. Stretch shortening cycle - Wikipedia

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    The increased performance benefit associated with muscle contractions that take place during SSCs has been the focus of much research in order to determine the true nature of this enhancement. At present, there is some debate as to where and how this performance enhancement takes place.

  8. Being flexible could help you live longer, a new study ... - AOL

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    This is a simple example of how movement maintains flexibility. ... because the movements “focus on building not just strength during the concentric phase of muscle contraction — when the ...

  9. Plyometrics - Wikipedia

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    In the depth jump, the athlete experiences a shock on landing in which the hip, knee, and ankle extensor muscles undergo a powerful eccentric contraction. For the muscles to respond explosively, the eccentric contraction is then quickly switched to the isometric (when the downward movement stops) and then the concentric contraction, in a ...