Timothy J. Suchomel

We aimed to assess the effectiveness of using accentuated eccentric loading (AEL) with the split jerk to enhance muscular adaptations of experienced weightlifters during an 8-week training cycle. Eighteen subjects with at least 1 year of consistent split jerk training were randomly assigned to an experimental group that used AEL training for the split jerk or a traditional loading group.

Excerpt from Science and Development of Muscular Strength (Chapter 4) by Timothy J Suchomel There are five primary training principles that strength and conditioning professionals should consider when designing training programs for their athletes: overload, specificity, variation, reversibility, and individualization.[see Table 4.1] The ability to understand and manipulate the variables associated with each principle may have a significant impact on the development of both maximal and rapid...

endocrine and body composition responses to accentuated eccentric loading performed in Comparison of strength development in tradition set/rep configuration vs. A EL training eccentric loading to elicit acute and chronic velocity and power improvements: A 28. Merrigan JJ, Tufa no JJ, and Jones MT. Potentiating ef f ects of accentuated eccentric 29. Michalak MM, Suchomel TJ, Greer BK, Long SA, and T aber CB.