Background Including the Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) as part of a training program reduces hamstring strain injury (HSI) risk. The lack of NHE implementation may be due to fear of muscle soreness ...

Hamstring injuries are among the most common injuries in sports, particularly in activities involving sprinting and rapid acceleration. They account for roughly 10 % of injuries in field-based sports ...

For many people, the thought of beginning a fitness journey feels overwhelming. Between busy schedules, uncertainty about proper techniques, and concerns about injury, the barriers to starting ...

Concentric training movements involve positive resistance to forces, for example when pulling upward during a pull-up, or when pushing up during a push-up. Either way, the primary muscles always ...

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 ...

You may have been using this training method without even realising. Eccentric training is a commonly used technique which will supersize your muscle and strength numbers. Working towards your first ...

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.

If you tend to breeze through the "easy" part of an exercise – like lowering into a squat or letting your dumbbells drop after a curl – you might be missing a major opportunity to build strength. That ...

The word "eccentric", you’ll know, is most commonly used to describe someone or something unconventional – but in the world of fitness, it means something quite different. Thankfully, eccentric ...

Correspondence to: Dr Karsten Knobloch Sports Traumatology of the Hand and Wrist, Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany; kknobi ...