Thread: Squeeze and Stretch

I see the same on a lot of moves. I wonder the same. I believe in full motion

Originally Posted by highpockets

I know there is a difference between body building and power lifting, but I'm puzzled by the following. Lately I've seen a number of younger lifters at our club performing their exercises in which they do not fully extend their movements. For example: lat pull downs, they may bring the weight down to their chest and contract, but they do not extend their arms all the way straight for the stretch. Am I missing something or are they performing the lifts incorrectly?

Their egos are stronger than their muscles. Just because they think they can lift a lot of weight, doesnt mean they can - so they sacrifice range of motion.

i believe in full ROM too but in regards to pullups/pulldowns, with any significant amount of weight i dont believe its a good idea on each rep to stretch out to the point of "relaxing" your shoulder joints with arms straight out... if that makes any sense. i usually get a "clicking" feeling in my shoulders when that happens and it doesnt feel too good

i guess its the same principle as locking out your elbows/knees ?

thoughts?

Straight out? No I wouldn't do that, you would be better served by going to right before lockout though so that you keep tension on the muscles throughout imo.

I only go to full lockout when I'm doing a ridiculously slow eccentric on the very last rep of a set.

Originally Posted by danzik17

Straight out? No I wouldn't do that, you would be better served by going to right before lockout though so that you keep tension on the muscles throughout imo.

I only go to full lockout when I'm doing a ridiculously slow eccentric on the very last rep of a set.

I agree with this.
Keep the muscles under tension throughout the lift.
I bring it down to my chest, and then I let my arms go up until they are extended mostly, but I don't lock my arms and I don't let my shoulders relax.

Originally Posted by danzik17

Straight out? No I wouldn't do that, you would be better served by going to right before lockout though so that you keep tension on the muscles throughout imo.

As long as you pause and dont use a bit of momentum. I dont like to set the bar down on deads (a lot of people do, just my personal pref.) so i stop it about an inch off the ground, but i make sure its completely montionless before i start another rep.