Ending DB Bench & DB Curl with Concentric?

Normally, I would end a DB Bench Press exercise with the eccentric part: the part where you bring down the weight slowly to the sides of your chest, and then put it on my lap before putting down. I’d also normally end a DB Curl with the eccentric part. I recently tried ending them with the concentric part before putting it down, ending it with a SQUEEZE instead of a STRETCH. Is this a thing? What do you all think?

And is there a general rule of thumb for any exercise? That a regular exercise must always have a concentric and an eccentric phase?

The only exercises I know that end with the concentric is a lift that you place in the rack at the end of the concentric.

I suppose I don’t understand the question.

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