We've only got three seconds to lift some weights.
The next time your gym bro asks you about your sick gains, you can tell 'em that you're only pumping iron for three seconds per day.
The researchers, who come from Niigata University of Health and Welfare in Japan and Edith Cowan University in Australia, asked college students who don't normally exercise to perform one muscle contraction at maximum effort for three seconds per day, for five days a week over four weeks, according to"The study results suggest that a very small amount of exercise stimulus — even 60 seconds in four weeks — can increase muscle strength," lead researcher Professor Ken Nosaka said in...
"Although the mechanisms underpinning eccentric contraction’s potent effects are not clear yet, the fact only a three-second maximal eccentric contraction a day improves muscle strength in a relatively short period is important for health and fitness," Professor Nosaka said.
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