The Case for Sophisticated Power Measurement
In a fresh article on the Freelap USA blog, olympic coach Carl Valle makes a great argument for the need to monitor performance during training and also to do…
Category: Science
New Study: kBox Usage Can Make Swimmers Start 35% Faster
Swimmers that do lunge exercises on a flywheel squat device such as the kBox prior to a race get a 35% faster start. This is evident from a new…
Afraid of Muscle Soreness?
Muscle soreness is familiar to anyone who did some serious strength training. Walking funnily, feeling pain during eccentric contraction (like walking down stairs), and experiencing muscle weakness are all…
The effects of eccentric training vs concentric on muscle strength and mass
A meta-analysis from 2009 including 20 studies shows higher increases in total and eccentric muscle strength and higher increases in muscle mass and cross-sectional area with high-intensity eccentric training.
“Meta-analyses…