Biomechanics & Technique

How exercises, machines, joints, levers and positions change movement and training stimulus.

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Mulher aparece em dois momentos de um agachamento com barra em uma academia, um na posição baixa e outro durante a subida.

Biomechanics & Technique28/09/20267 min read

Strength training tempo: what changes when you slow the lowering or lifting phase

Slowing the eccentric or concentric phase changes time under tension, load, repetitions, and velocity. Evidence does not support the idea that slower is automatically better for st...

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Atleta realiza três profundidades de agachamento com barra em academia, com marcadores coloridos ao lado do quadril indicando diferentes faixas de movimento.

Biomechanics & Technique21/09/20267 min read

Full or partial range of motion in strength training: when each approach makes sense

Full range is a solid foundation for strength and hypertrophy, while lengthened partials can have specific uses. Learn how to choose a range without turning ROM into a universal ru...

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Mulher treina em máquina de musculação enquanto homem executa levantamento com barra em área de pesos livres de uma academia.

Biomechanics & Technique21/09/20268 min read

Machines or free weights? What really changes for strength, hypertrophy and stability

Learn where machines and free weights actually differ, why hypertrophy tends to be similar, and how specificity changes strength gains.

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Mulher faz agachamento com barra em comparação lado a lado, com sobreposição anatômica das pernas, linhas de referência e ícones verde de confirmação e vermelho de erro.

Biomechanics & Technique11/09/20266 min read

Can your knees go past your toes in a squat? What changes at the knee, hip and trunk when you restrict the motion

Letting the knee travel past the toes increases mechanical demand at the knee, while restricting that travel tends to shift more demand to the hip and trunk. That does not, by itse...

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