Full ROM or Partials?

Full ROM or Partial Reps!!!???

  • Full ROM - Always

    Votes: 18 54.5%

  • Full ROM but SOME Partial

    Votes: 13 39.4%

  • Roughly 50/50

    Votes: 2 6.1%

  • Partial but SOME Full ROM

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Partial Reps - Always

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    33
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Big_Idiot

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Just a thread i decided to create (partly out of interest and partly out of boredom :D)

Just wondering how people train. I know some people traing using full ROM always, and others may use partial reps.

Personally i think full ROM is best, but depending on your goal, partial reps will have their place! But thats my opinion!

ATM im mainly Full ROM because of my VERY simple routine. The only exception with me at the moment is squatting due to me not being flexible enough yet to full squat!
 
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I do some partial. Now for example I do some rows that are not full ROM.

Also, this will depend on your definition of partial.. for example, some might say that board presses are partial bench presses, but some might say that they are their own exercise and not just a partial of another one.

Also, what is full ROM? Is the the maximum ROM the specific individual can attain? (in which case your squats would be full ROM, since you go as low as your mobility allows)Or is there some kind of standard for every exercise that is full ROM and if the individual can't achieve that, regardless of the reason, he/she is not using full rom?
 
Karky said:
I do some partial. Now for example I do some rows that are not full ROM.

Also, this will depend on your definition of partial.. for example, some might say that board presses are partial bench presses, but some might say that they are their own exercise and not just a partial of another one.

Also, what is full ROM? Is the the maximum ROM the specific individual can attain? (in which case your squats would be full ROM, since you go as low as your mobility allows)Or is there some kind of standard for every exercise that is full ROM and if the individual can't achieve that, regardless of the reason, he/she is not using full rom?
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Hmmm some good points there!!!

I suppose it's what peoples personal opinions are of what full ROM is. Personally i'd say full ROM is the maximum range of motion one can get from a specific lift.

So then again, with the squatting thing, im not too sure. Because i can squat full, but my lower back rounds hmmmmmmmmm

Cheers for the confusion karky !!!!! :p
 
To add, what i think people should do then is provide examples of what they personally do and whether they class what as full ROM or whatever!
 
well if your lower back rounds with full squats then you can't really full squat, as you can't do it with proper form. I'd would be like saying I can fly an airplane (I would crash it) :p
 
Karky said:
well if your lower back rounds with full squats then you can't really full squat, as you can't do it with proper form. I'd would be like saying I can fly an airplane (I would crash it) :p
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LOL,

Hmmmm so would you say i use full ROM when squatting then?

Because i compare it to the standard full squat, and if im not going full im going partial IMO.

But then again, that partial is really MY full ROM isn't it so.........

F**K KNOWS!!!!
 
I'd just say you use the highest ROM you can get with your mobility. I probably wouldn't classify that as full ROM.. but then again, I wouldn't say you were doing partials either, since that sounds so dirty and cheaty.
 
The reason (i think) peeps use partials is if they are using a tonne of weight and cannot complete the full ROM. If the weight is too much, lower it and get your form right so that you can do the full ROM.
 
well, a lot of people do partial reps for a reason. For example bench press lockouts to strengthen the triceps and get a better lockout on the bench.
 
I think someone who is into powerlifting, oly lifting, or strongman would benefit from locking out and using full ROM since thats what they need to do for that rep to count.

Not saying that partial rep ranges wouldn't benefit them though in their routine.
 
I always do full ROM, just can't see why partial would ever be beneficial. For me, I'd say full ROM means completing a rep as far as your body structure allows. For example, we've all seen people benching who just go about 8 inches above the chest. Why not drop as low as the body allows to make the press more difficult?
 
like I said I think it depends on why you are doing partials. A LOT of powerlifters to partial bench presses to strengthen their lockouts, and it works well for them. Partial deadlifts (deadlifts off blocks) aswell. But they do these in combination with full range movements in order to strengthen the parts of the movement where they are stuck.
 
Yeah, most people I've talked to always say that there's no point in starting to use fancy techniques if you don't have a good strong base. Bringing your bench press from for example 70-80kilos probably doesn't require much more than just benching. It's like people who start working out and they figure out all their weak spots and start focusing heavy on them with special exercises, not realizing that they are just weak all over and need to do more squats and deads :p
 
MarkMyWords said:
I always do full ROM, just can't see why partial would ever be beneficial. For me, I'd say full ROM means completing a rep as far as your body structure allows. For example, we've all seen people benching who just go about 8 inches above the chest. Why not drop as low as the body allows to make the press more difficult?
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What about the 1/8 or 1/4 squatters? :D
 
blackbeard said:
What about the 1/8 or 1/4 squatters? :D
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If they only do those types of squats but are functionally capable of doing full squats, I'd say they are idiots, and we will always out-perform them. Sad sad sad, but there are a lot of people who rely too much on numbers to assess their performance without considering what they are TRULY capable of. If you have the ROM, for jimminy crickets, use it. It will decrease fast.
 
I do mostly full ROM unless I cannot do my 1 max rep and then I try for 3/4 range. Then there are bicep days that I go 10 reps at 1/2 Rom and another 10 rep on the other half of the RoM. But all in all, I'd say I do about 90% RoM and only 10% partials; unless it's situps, then I do crunches (which is partial situps if you think about it).
 
I'd say full ROM (based upon the specific exercise). But my definition of full ROM fits the mold of the recommended ROMs for a given exercise necessary to maximize adaptation. Generally (but not always) it's the 90 degree point at a given joint.

With recent studies showing that flexibility may be partially based upon lengthening of the muscle tissue as a result of adaptation to exercise, it's seemingly instrumental that exercises be done through the full range of accessible motion in order to maximize flexibility.
 
First you say full ROM, then you redefine ROM as partials (90 degrees)?
That doesn't make a whole lot of sense..
 
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