This week: eccentric press-ups. It’s true that, when it comes up to upper body exercises, not much can beat a press-up. But don’t be disheartened if you can’t bash out three rounds of 10 ...

That’s easy to understand: You’re probably able to control more weight bringing the bar down to your chest on a bench press—the eccentric portion—than you could press back up in the ...

For eccentric training, focus on slowing down the lowering phase of an exercise, like lowering a barbell during a bench press ...