The Power of the Eccentric
I watch people train.
I wish I could mind my own business.
I can't.
I like being bothered.
I watch and cringe, for sport.
Doesn't matter who: trainers, clients, solo lifters.
Out of all the sins, one drives me nuts.
They lift the weight, then drop it back down.
Zero control. Zero intention.
Yesterday at the bench: guy pushes the bar up, clean…then drops it, bounces it off his chest, uses the rebound to start the next rep.
Wasted rep.
He's not alone. Gyms are full of lifters rushing the only part of the rep that actually builds muscle.
The eccentric. The lowering. The descent.
That's where growth happens, and most treat it like a formality.
Here's what they're missing and how slowing down changes everything.