The act of lowering a weight againt gravity, speicifcally, resisting gravity by lowering the weight slowly and under control.
The eccentric or lowering part of an exercise.
Weight training technique in which the exerciser must obtain assistance to perform a concentric contraction to raise the weight; assistance may be through a spotter(s) as in forced reps or through the breaking of proper training form, as in cheat sets; This type of exercise is extremely damaging to connective tissue and often leads to DOMS.