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guss

guss

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This was posted by Phil Hernon on another board. What do you think? Do you do full range of motion exercises?

STUDIES SHOW THAT IF YOU ARE DOING AN ISOMETRIC EXERCISE SUCH AS WALL SQUATS......SAY 90 DEGREE ANGLE.....YOU WILL BUILD STRENGTH INTO THE 70 DEGREE TO 110 DEGREE RANGE........IT IS CALLED CARRYOVER.....AND CAN BE APPLIED TO SHORTER REP TRAINING. THIS IS WHY I NEVER ADVOCATE FULL RANGE REPS, ALONG WITH THE INJURY FACTOR.
 
MAYO

MAYO

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sorry Phil...much respect, but I need to see said studies.
 
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Wolf

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I agree with carry over. Mostly, as long as an exercise functions similar to another there will be some degree of carry over, for example. Glute ham raises will carry over more to deadlifts than an exercise like leg extensions will carry over to squat. What I don't agree with is going partial for the sake of being injury free, if you want to be injury free there is something called proper form and warming up.

What happens if you don't do a full range of motion on a squat and do these half squat or quarter squats as they are, you never develop the balance or feel for performing a squat correctly and will increase your chance for injury.
 
Spikykite

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I agree with carry over. Mostly, as long as an exercise functions similar to another there will be some degree of carry over, for example. Glute ham raises will carry over more to deadlifts than an exercise like leg extensions will carry over to squat. What I don't agree with is going partial for the sake of being injury free, if you want to be injury free there is something called proper form and warming up.

What happens if you don't do a full range of motion on a squat and do these half squat or quarter squats as they are, you never develop the balance or feel for performing a squat correctly and will increase your chance for injury.

I think so too Wolf
 

ajdos

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Truth be told you should be doing all ranges, partials, light, heavy etc...these people who lock themselves into one type of training really have a physique that usually reflects it.
Partials are good, isometrics too I do them on a regular basis, but all styles should be employed for maximum muscle stimulus IMHO.
 
fixxer

fixxer

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Truth be told you should be doing all ranges, partials, light, heavy etc...these people who lock themselves into one type of training really have a physique that usually reflects it.
Partials are good, isometrics too I do them on a regular basis, but all styles should be employed for maximum muscle stimulus IMHO.

Word! I totally agree AJ. You can definitely tell the difference between physiques in relation to how people train. If you employ all these styles you definitely end up with a more symmetrical and better developed physique. Symmetry is where it's at and I believe the more symmetrical and hence "put together" you look, the better and bigger you look. The human eye, especially our own in the mirror, is keen to picking up imbalances.
 
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soinkid

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alot of my sets i do i switch the range. say on bench, ill do 7 reps in the lower range, 7 reps in the upper range, and 7 full reps. it kills ya
 
BrotherIron

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Not only do I perform full ROM on movements but I will even add ROM to the movement like deficit deads or using 25lbs (10kg) plates instead of 45lbs (20kg) plates to increase the ROM. I don't buy into the whole, if you perform full ROM you'll get injured. That's where form comes into play, proper warm ups (dynamic warm ups), and prehab work.
 
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Wolf

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Frankly I think the whole partial range of motion comes from the idea that you can isolate a muscle group while performing a compound movement. If you search online you'll see threads that ask how to isolate quads, hamstrings or glutes during squatting. Most of the responses will be to put the legs at widths apart, only to use a certain range of motion, essentially promoting poor form with mechanical disadvantage.
 
Dangling Unit

Dangling Unit

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What I don't agree with is going partial for the sake of being injury free, if you want to be injury free there is something called proper form and warming up.

What happens if you don't do a full range of motion on a squat and do these half squat or quarter squats as they are, you never develop the balance or feel for performing a squat correctly and will increase your chance for injury.

Nope. I have done ass-to-grass and parallel squats (full ROM) for 18-years and I have always used proper form, warmed up properly, and never went heavier than I could handle. My thighs are pushing 31" @ 6% BF. Full ROM puts an extreme amount of pressure, or tension, on the petallar tendon, and now I have a partial tear. It will never heal properly and I am now stuck with doing squats and extensions in the upper third of the ROM. If I go deeper, the orthopaedic surgeon says I am at a great risk of having the tendon fully tear and subsequently, surgery. Therefore, I am doing partials for the sake of being injury-free, or rather, further injury-free. If I had known this when I started lifting, I never would have gone ass-to-grass.
 
MAYO

MAYO

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Nope. I have done ass-to-grass and parallel squats (full ROM) for 18-years and I have always used proper form, warmed up properly, and never went heavier than I could handle. My thighs are pushing 31" @ 6% BF. Full ROM puts an extreme amount of pressure, or tension, on the petallar tendon, and now I have a partial tear. It will never heal properly and I am now stuck with doing squats and extensions in the upper third of the ROM. If I go deeper, the orthopaedic surgeon says I am at a great risk of having the tendon fully tear and subsequently, surgery. Therefore, I am doing partials for the sake of being injury-free, or rather, further injury-free. If I had known this when I started lifting, I never would have gone ass-to-grass.

31"......much respect bro, that's as tall as IronCore.

MAYO
 
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