Max Andrews

Hamstring injuries are still the most common muscle injury in field sports. Our new @SportsMedicineJ review asks: why do they keep happening, and how can eccentric training help? doi.org/10.1007/s40279… @ActivateGlutes @GlenLichtwark @patricio_ppm @UQHealth @QUT @unisqaus

🆕"This study examined how NHE training alters BFlh m–tendon unit mechanics during exercise, focusing on how muscle adaptations influence fascicle & sarcomere lengths during NHE after training" 👉@MaxAndrews100 et al. 2026 🇦🇺 📂@Sciencedirect Open Access: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨😍 New article out in @AJPCellPhys on Eccentric (overload) training and sarcomerogenesis by @ameliarilling and Geoff Power's lab (Spoiler: Eccentric overload training leads to greater serial sarcomere addition vs. Conventional training) journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…

Biceps femoris long head sarcomere and fascicle length adaptations after 3 weeks of eccentric exercise training doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs…

Hamstring muscle architecture and microstructure changes following Nordic hamstring exercise training and detraining doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs…

Hamstrings often tear when sprinting at max speed—eccentric load + delayed activation = trouble. Nordic curls help, but prevention goes beyond muscle length: link.springer.com/article/10.100… Smarter strategies are needed. Start with Invincible: theelitetrainer.com/product/invinc…

Recent hamstring research... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40578759/ A more detailed look at hamstring adaptations to NHE than has been done b4. New methods & new insights from Anoosha Pai, @MaxAndrews100 @GlenLichtwark and colleagues.

Hamstring muscle architecture and microstructure changes following Nordic hamstring exercise training and detraining (open access) doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs…

Hamstring muscle architecture and microstructure changes following Nordic hamstring exercise training and detraining pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40578759/

🆕"Consistent training is essential to maintain all the muscle adaptations induced by NHE training" ➡️To be taken into account in S&C program in professional ⚽️ 👉A. Pai et al, 2025 🇺🇸 📂Open Access: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨🦵Hamstring injury 🔴 Prevention may be misunderstood 🟡 Most happen in sprinting when hamstrings face 🔝 eccentric load 👀 Eccentric training helps but neural + non-contractile adaptations: key 📩 Comment HAMS to get an visual of protective adaptations through ecc training

Hamstring injury mechanisms and eccentric training-induced muscle adaptations: Current insights and future directions. @MaxAndrews100 @GlenLichtwark link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Greater focus on adaptations to muscle behaviour during exercise (e.g., operating lengths), non-contractile (e.g., titin stiffness, tendon compliance) and neural adaptations (e.g., motor unit recruitment, inhibition) is needed to improve hamstring injury prevention strategies.

While eccentric training is known to increase resting muscle fascicle length (initially via sarcomere elongation, later via serial sarcomerogenesis), current research overlooks how these adaptations influence hamstring function during exercise.

Hamstring injuries are still the most common muscle injury in field sports. Our new @SportsMedicineJ review asks: why do they keep happening, and how can eccentric training help? doi.org/10.1007/s40279… @ActivateGlutes @GlenLichtwark @patricio_ppm @UQHealth @QUT @unisqaus

Why did three @brisbanebroncos players tear their hamstrings in one game vs the Storm? 🤕 In the @ConversationEDU, we unpack why hamstring injuries happen so often — and how sprinting & eccentric training can help prevent them Anoosha Pai @ActivateGlutes @MBourne5 @patricio_ppm

@lahti_johan @ActivateGlutes @WSWayland @BasVanHooren Totally agree that we need more comparisons in the same study. Not published yet, but results I’ve been shown show that knee flexion moments during Nordics are much lower than during sprinting. Certainly hope to see a number of common hamstring exercises looked at in the future

@MaxAndrews100 @ActivateGlutes @WSWayland Looking very much forward to that data max! @BasVanHooren reported higher hammy forces in nordics vs what some studies report in sprinting, so we need more comparisons in the same study. Any chance of getting hip extension exercises tested?

Well this will piss off the rdl > nordic crowd 😆 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40644675/ New by Ross et al “Integration of a Knee Flexor Bias or Hip Hinge Bias Resistance Training Program With Combined High-Speed Running in Academy Soccer Players”. Not taking sides here, as ive said it before; both exercises can be valuable and train different things. Dont fall in love with a single exercise for transfer to a complex task!

@ActivateGlutes @lahti_johan @WSWayland Being able to link global load (e.g. %1rm/torque) to individual muscle forces would be huge for understanding what stimulus drives what adaptations.

@ActivateGlutes @lahti_johan @WSWayland Really interesting discussion. To make meaningful comparisons, we need to consistently monitor and report global load in training studies.%1RM for traditional exercises is straightforward, but for Nordics, reporting average knee flexor torque should become standard for studies