specific effects of eccentric training on muscular fatigability this study was designed to test the hypothesis that an eccentric training period induces a reduction of neuromuscular fatigability following an eccentric exercise before pret and after postt a 7wks submaximal eccentric training ten active males performed a fatiguing exercise consisting of five sets of ten maximal eccentric elbow flexions before pret1 and postt1 and after pret2 and postt2 each fatiguing exercise the voluntary torque and its associated agonistic electromyographic activity rms assessed at four angular velocities 60 degrees x s 1 0 degrees x s 1 60 degrees x s 1 240 degrees x s 1 were measured the isometric voluntary activation level and twitch contractile properties were measured the training period induced significant eccentric and isometric torque gains while isometric and concentric torque decreases were similar pret2 and postt2 the eccentric torque loss was significantly lower postt2 than pret2 117 102 and 205 65 respectively p 005 the reduction of the twitch maximal rate of torque rise was also significantly lower postt2 494 119 than pret2 652 98 p 005 the loss of maximal voluntary activation and rms were similar pret2 and postt2 the present experiment showed that a 7wks eccentric training period produced contractiontype specific adaptations that significantly reduced the exerciseinduced torque loss during eccentric muscle actions