Topic
Mobility
Joint health, range of motion, and pre-training movement prep.
Rex DaltonStop Cheating the Stretch: Why Long Muscle Lengths Drive Real Growth
Walk into any gym and you will see someone loading up the leg press with every plate in the zip code, only to move the sled two inches at the top of the rep. They think moving maximum weight is the holy grail, but the…
Jamie ReyesWhy Stretching Under Tension Might Beat Full Range of Motion
For decades, the golden rule of the weight room was that if you were not doing a full range of motion, the rep did not count. Coaches everywhere drilled this into lifters to prevent ego lifting and half-squats. But th…
Rex DaltonEmbrace the Stretch: Why Lengthened Partials Are Mandatory for Maximum Hypertrophy
For decades, the golden rule in the iron game was full range of motion. If you did not touch your chest on a fly or lock out a curl, you were cheating. But the lab coats have finally caught up to what the freaks in th…
Jamie ReyesStop avoiding the bottom of your reps
The gym is full of people cutting their reps short. Usually, it happens at the bottom of a movement, which is undeniably the hardest part of the lift. For decades, coaches like me preached that a strict, full range of…
