Have you been told you need to get moving to control your blood pressure? Maybe you thought about joining a gym or dusting ...

Looking for a natural and effective way to manage your blood pressure without relying on medication? Isometric exercise might just be the answer. This form of exercise not only boosts cardiovascular ...

You can handle 20 to 30 percent more weight in the eccentric portion of a lift than the concentric, Escalante says. Taking advantage of this by lowering a weight extra slow “requires more motor units ...

Exercise researcher Dr Mike Israetel is joined by bodybuilder Jesse James West and trainer Jared Feather on his YouTube ...

Background Most studies of exercise-induced muscle injury have focussed on eccentric contractions, which are known to produce damage and delayed soreness. It is less well known that isometric ...

During dragon flag, you’ll teach your body to hold an extended position using isometric muscle contraction, meaning you’ll be static. This builds stability and activates the deeper core ...

Here, the muscles are contracting isometrically to hold this gymnast in the crucifix position and are not changing length. When the isometric contractions end, isotonic contraction will occur.

Spanish squats use isometric muscle contractions, meaning you’ll hold a static position without the quads, hip flexors, or hamstrings lengthening or shortening (flexing or extending) like they ...

Here, the muscles are contracting isometrically to hold this gymnast in the crucifix position and are not changing length. When the isometric contractions end, isotonic contraction will occur.

The purpose of this study was to compare an acute bout of either isometric or isotonic muscle contractions on patellar tendon pain and function and maximal voluntary isometric leg extension torque.