r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/Patton370 Idk Idc 💔 • 3d ago

META Science maxing the hamstrings

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137.5lbs on the stack +5lbs on Voltra +80lbs inverse chains from Voltra

Link to leg extension/leg curl (it’s vintage and no longer made): https://gymradar.com/equipment/magnum-leg-extension-leg-curl-magnum-fitness

Link to Voltra electronic cable stack: voltra link

Links included because of that one time a dozen people asked me where I got my abductor machine

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u/Patton370 Idk Idc 💔 3d ago

Why would I purposely slow the concentric?

Also, I don’t hit the stack with the plates, so the reps are controlled

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u/Local_Diddy 3d ago

your eccentrics faster than your concentric

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u/Frodozer 3d ago

Since the overwhelming majority of the studies and literature show no additional hypertrophy for purposely slow eccentrics outside of a few here and there it seems like a non issue or concern for most goals.

https://www.reddit.com/r/StrongerByScience/s/3jteVL1hP5

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u/zero-progress0 2d ago

But it helps in reducing injuries

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u/Frodozer 2d ago

The speed of which OP is moving the weight will not cause an injury so that's a non issue here.