Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
8-2019
Abstract
The purpose of this review is to provide strength and conditioning practitioners with recommendations on how best to implement tempo eccentric training (TEMPO), flywheel inertial training (FIT), accentuated eccentric loading (AEL), and plyometric training (PT) into resistance training programs that seek to improve an athlete’s hypertrophy, strength, and power output. Based on the existing literature, TEMPO may be best implemented with weaker athletes to benefit positional strength and hypertrophy due to the time under tension. FIT may provide an effective hypertrophy, strength, and power stimulus for untrained and weaker individuals; however, stronger individuals may not receive the same eccentric (ECC) overload stimulus. Although AEL may be implemented throughout the training year to benefit hypertrophy, strength, and power output, this strategy is better suited for stronger individuals. When weaker and stronger individuals are exposed to PT, they are exposed to an ECC overload stimulus as a result of increases in the ECC force and ECC rate of force development. In conclusion, when choosing to utilize ECC training methods, the practitioner must integrate these methods into a holistic training program that is designed to improve the athlete’s performance capacity.
DOI
10.3390/jfmk4030055
Recommended Citation
Suchomel, T. J., Wagle, J. P., Douglas, J., Taber, C. B., Harden, M., Haff, G. G., & Stone, M. H. (2019). Implementing eccentric resistance training—Part 2: Practical recommendations. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 4(3), 55. Doi: 10.3390/jfmk4030055
Publication
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
Volume
4
Issue
3
Publisher
MDPI
Pages
55-eoa
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Comments
Open access journal