Does Slow Lifting Boost Muscle Growth?

The Strength Log

If you lower the weights slowly when training, will that boost your muscle growth and strength gains?

In today’s episode, we’re discussing a new meta-analysis (still in preprint) that pooled the results from eight studies on this topic, to see if an intentionally slow eccentric tempo when strength training produces better results.

The results gave us a lot to debate, so let’s dive in!

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