Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2013 · 127 citations · 41 references
Eccentric cycling was less metabolically demanding than concentric cycling, and HR and BLa were further reduced during ECC2. Muscle damage is minimal after ECC2 and should not influence the choice to undertake eccentric cycling training.
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The physiological cost of negative work
B. C. Abbott, Brenda Bigland, J. M. Ritchie · The Journal of Physiology · 1952 · 632 citations · Full text