@JulofEnoch Dang. I totally fell for that "Ray Peat recovered interview(July 1987 on UofO Student Radio)" link. Well played.

@JulofEnoch I see! So strength increase is independent of the type of contraction, but eccentric training have the added downside of mimicking stress (no good). And old people likely fall because they lose their reflexes, not strength, so all the more reason to do concentric training and improve mitochondrial / metabolic health.

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

I'm not sure how long Peat's blog will be up, and have been slowly backing up his articles.

The thought of him gone still makes me sad.

I would say yes.

With the passing of Peat there has been an unfortunate rise in fakers who misrepresent his work while profiting off of his name. Think what happened to the old ray peat forum.

With Peat gone, I think it's very important to preserve his thoughts in his own words, so there's always something we can go back to and reference.

Also sentimental reasons.

@TexugoDoMel So training for concentric strength should also lead to gains in eccentric strength as well?

@TexugoDoMel I've followed Peter Attia for a while before discovering Ray Peat, and Attia said something like old people lose their "breaks" i.e. eccentric strength first (following off the stairs as a common cause of death, etc), so it's more important to incorporate eccentric mov't into training. What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite new to Ray Peat and hoping to learn more about how to exercise properly.