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LoyalGatorFan · 11-02-2012, 02:08 PM

I am not totally sure if this is relevant to your discovery but I do know that joints need to be strongest/withstand the greatest amount of tension at the midrange of the ROM...for instance with bicep curls/elbow flexion....the joint can tolerate resistance most efficiently at roughly 90 degrees of bending (midrange)....when you have your elbow straightened, the starting position when you start to curl the weight is the toughest (at least for me it is)...and then will the elbow is fully bent/flexed, the biceps becomes more or less actively insufficient...so it might be a good idea to see if you get more strength gains only bending the elbow to 90 degrees then lowering the weight, instead of going through full flexion..because from 90 degrees to end range you won't be achieving much gains IMO...

11-02-2012, 02:08 PM	#2
LoyalGatorFan All American Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,565	I am not totally sure if this is relevant to your discovery but I do know that joints need to be strongest/withstand the greatest amount of tension at the midrange of the ROM...for instance with bicep curls/elbow flexion....the joint can tolerate resistance most efficiently at roughly 90 degrees of bending (midrange)....when you have your elbow straightened, the starting position when you start to curl the weight is the toughest (at least for me it is)...and then will the elbow is fully bent/flexed, the biceps becomes more or less actively insufficient...so it might be a good idea to see if you get more strength gains only bending the elbow to 90 degrees then lowering the weight, instead of going through full flexion..because from 90 degrees to end range you won't be achieving much gains IMO...