Functional fitness was never something I was interested in when I was younger. Instead, my 20s were all about vanity workouts ...

Once reserved for athletes, eccentric exercise is becoming increasingly popular in everyday training and physical therapy—especially for people with musculoskeletal conditions like Parkinson’s disease ...

Eccentric exercise focuses on movements, or phases of a movement, that lengthen the muscles. Some examples of eccentric exercise include lowering into a squat or lowering into a press-up. In contrast, ...

Just five minutes a day of slow, controlled bodyweight exercises improves strength, flexibility, and mental health. The home-based program is ideal for sedentary people and requires no equipment or ...

Consistency is crucial Eccentric training can lengthen muscle fibers within 2–3 weeks, mainly from stretching existing sarcomeres (tiny building blocks inside each muscle fiber that allow it to ...