Eccentric phase

How it is used

Used in exercise science, coaching, and lifting instruction. Trainers often cue a slow eccentric phase to improve control, technique, or time under tension.

Example sentences

1. During the bench press, the trainer asked me to slow the eccentric phase so my shoulders stayed stable under the bar.

   Here, the term means the lowering part of the lift, when the athlete controls the bar on the way down.

2. The rehab program emphasized the eccentric phase of calf raises to rebuild strength after the runner's ankle injury.

   In this example, the eccentric phase is singled out because controlled lengthening can be useful in strength and recovery work.

Common collocations

• slow eccentric phase
• control the eccentric phase
• eccentric phase of a lift

Related terms

• repShort for repetition: one complete performance of an exercise, such as lifting and lowering a weight once or doing one push-up.
• setA group of repetitions of an exercise done one after another without stopping, followed by a short rest.

More terms: Exercises & Technique

• squat
• push-up
• stretch
• deadlift
• bench press
• plank
• lunge
• pull-up
• form
• bodyweight exercise
• compound exercise
• isolation exercise