THPStrength · John Evans, Isaiah Rivera
How To Improve Your Stretch Reflex
February 23, 2026·25 min·2 clips
Ben explains that heavy eccentrics force 'maximal brain activation' to compensate for lost reflexive support, causing the intense brain fog they feel.
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A dense, practical look at how heavy eccentrics connect physiology to jump training.
Ben Moxness and Isaiah Rivera use overloaded, or accentuated, eccentrics to ask what changes in the body before a jump improves. The discussion stays grounded in stretch reflexes, neural drive, the Golgi tendon organ, and Renshaw cells, while keeping vertical-jump training and…
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