Staley Will Be Here...Very Soon

Bigger Stronger Leaner Competitive Bodybuilding
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ok- Charles is running a bit late…I just need to make a ransom drop- I mean,take care of a few things and he will be here in about an hour…really-Julianne

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OK, I’m here, whew, what a day! Let me just say that if you ever see a black helicopter over your house, just stay inside.

OK, now what can I do to help out tonight?

[quote]teamstaley wrote:
ok- Charles is running a bit late…I just need to make a ransom drop- I mean,take care of a few things and he will be here in about an hour…really-Julianne[/quote]

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It’s generally believed that partial repetitions only increase strength within about +/-15 degrees of the movement worked (or something like that) but what about size gains?
Why is it that a full range of motion is considered necessary, or even optimal, for size gains?

Thanks.
-Nate

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This is a very thoughtful question with no easy answer. We really still don’t even know what causes hypertrophy believe it or not.

My personal theory is this…hypertrophy is a function of how much wor you do, with two caveats:

  1. The work must be over a certain intensity threshold, say 70-75%

  2. You must have the time and resources to recover from that work.

Now with that in mind, let me say that you CAN build size doing partials, BUT, in order to keep the work volume high enough (work defined as mass x distance), you’ll have to do more sets and reps, as compared to doing full ROM exercises.

A similar analogy would be waterbury’s argumenr that you can build mass doing low reps IF you do enough sets.

[quote]NateN wrote:
It’s generally believed that partial repetitions only increase strength within about +/-15 degrees of the movement worked (or something like that) but what about size gains?
Why is it that a full range of motion is considered necessary, or even optimal, for size gains?

Thanks.
-Nate[/quote]