#1 muscle building mistake #strengthtraining #buildingmuscle #shorts #gains
Channel: Physique Development
Date: 2024-04-04

Control the negative!

This isn’t an invitation to drastically decrease the weight that you are lifting in the name of control. You still want to be pushing to/near a threshold of failure when chasing hypertrophy. But, more so the target muscle group controlling the descent of the weight rather than letting gravity take it.

What my clients have experienced with improving their control through the eccentric/negative portion of their exercises:

1. Improved execution of each rep & the rep quality maintaining throughout the entirety of the set
2. Improved strength & muscular gain
3. Less naggy injuries / possibility of injuries during training

This is one factor amongst others that was found in this study to optimize your training performance to maximize hypertrophy, I recommend digging into it!

PMID: 38249086

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