Eccentric training has gained a lot of attention over the past few years. The benefits of eccentric training have always been clear; what has been difficult is finding ways to practically implement it. On this week's podcast James de Lacey joins us to discuss some easy ways you can implement eccentric training into your program, ideas on flywheel training, preparing for combat sports, concussions, and more.

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• You can follow de Lacey on Instagram (@jdelacey90). Also visit his site Sweet Science of Fighting or follow them on Instagram (@sweetscienceoffighting). He also runs Eat Big Eat Big (@liftbigeatbig).
• We discussed the Exerfly flywheel device on the podcast. Recently James de Lacey wrote an article about developing explosive power with creative solutions for eccentric overload using the flywheel. He also mentioned the work of Professor John Cronin who has a course on flywheel training and resources on his site.
• De Lacey is a frequent HMMR contributor. was also a guest on Episode 168 on rethinking rugby training and Episode 230 on preseason planning. He also put together this 8-week rugby preseason plan for members. His wife is a world class weightlifter and was a guest on Episode 194.
• Angus Ross has been a huge influence on our approach to eccentric training. He was our guest on GAINcast 83. You can see some of his notes on eccentric training in these slides from his 2016 SPRINZ presentation.
• We also discussed some of the work on concussions by Gary Turner, covered more in an interview de Lacey did with him.