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help the bumbly 13-Jul-2010 At 1:53:05 PM Nathor

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On 7/07/2010 widewetandslippery wrote:
>My understanding is that victor the victorians exercises shown above are
>meant to directly attempt to equalise a muscle to tendon strength imbalance
>as opposed to focus on preventative antagonist exercise.

Quoted from Dr J's site:
We are interested in an eccentric load (a.k.a. negative contraction) only. This will stimulate the tendon to strengthen without putting too much duress on the muscle. How? The muscle is about 40-percent stronger when contracting eccentrically. Hence, it is not stimulated to strengthen to the same degree as the tendon. Because the tendon has a vastly smaller blood supply, gains in strength take longer.

>I thought therabands were for mankinis?
So thats why they come in so many different colours! thanks

Thanks for you help everyone
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