Josh Dickinson - Full & Partial Repetitions For Massive Gains!

**webmaster** · 04-25-2005, 03:03 PM

To get your ideal physique, there are many roads you can take. There is no right or wrong, absolute best way to train. Read this article to learn a few more methods that may improve performance.

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drugzkill · 04-26-2005, 11:39 PM

I'm a 5x5 and Westside type of guy, so this is the first real article I've seen on BB.com that has had a good, i mean great, workout routine in a while. I'd like to see more of these, thanks John.

Dunimous · 04-27-2005, 02:28 PM

so do u guys think this routine would work well?

drugzkill · 04-27-2005, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Dunimous

so do u guys think this routine would work well?

Yes, but only for the somewhat more experienced lifter. Also even though the volume is low each day, a 5-day split might be too demading for some and cause less than desirable results due to lack of recovery. As long as you can do this routine and progress 2.5% to 5% on each of your main lifts each week than your doing fine.

bubba g · 04-28-2005, 05:13 AM

I think Partials arethe best wway to improve strength hands down.

I use a program that is simular to this where I increase the distance I move the weight till I am down to full range of motion. It works like nothing else at increasing strength, or size.

jeff7871 · 04-28-2005, 07:55 AM

I do feel partial reps have thier place in training, but also feel a person should be very careful when doing them. LEts say you can bench 315 and can do partial reps with 405; sure your muscles can handle 405lbs, but are your joints ready for it? kinda like the age old saying " just because you can do something don't mean you should really be doing it". With that said, I feel if a person dow not go over board with weight and dow not do partials more than once a month that they could potentially get good gains from them. Just need to be careful and smart.

bubba g · 04-28-2005, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by jeff7871

I do feel partial reps have thier place in training, but also feel a person should be very careful when doing them. LEts say you can bench 315 and can do partial reps with 405; sure your muscles can handle 405lbs, but are your joints ready for it? kinda like the age old saying " just because you can do something don't mean you should really be doing it". With that said, I feel if a person dow not go over board with weight and dow not do partials more than once a month that they could potentially get good gains from them. Just need to be careful and smart.

partials strengthen your tendons and joints. that is why it is so effective at increasing strength. often it is tendon strength that keeps you from adding weight to your exercises. as a safty mechanism your muscles will not allow you to lift a weight your tendons can not handle.

jeff7871 · 04-28-2005, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by bubba g

partials strengthen your tendons and joints. that is why it is so effective at increasing strength. often it is tendon strength that keeps you from adding weight to your exercises. as a safty mechanism your muscles will not allow you to lift a weight your tendons can not handle.

You are correct in saying that partials strengthen tendons ,if done correctly. However, some peoples muscles grow much faster then thier tendons and people become injured if not careful. With that being said once again partila should not make up the core of your program and I still feel should only be done sparingly. there is a great article written about this topic by Chirs Cromier a month ago in MD. I will try to find it on line and print it here.

bubba g · 04-28-2005, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by jeff7871

You are correct in saying that partials strengthen tendons ,if done correctly. However, some peoples muscles grow much faster then thier tendons and people become injured if not careful. With that being said once again partila should not make up the core of your program and I still feel should only be done sparingly. there is a great article written about this topic by Chirs Cromier a month ago in MD. I will try to find it on line and print it here.

If you read the article in question he recomends doing the partials on 4 different exercises a week. 2 sets of each.

also I see him mention a modest 20Kg increase for the strong part of the rep....

jeff7871 · 04-29-2005, 07:55 AM

thanks, for the insight on the article. I was basically going by my own experience with partials and how they have worked as well as not worked for me as well as some of my friends in the past. I am not saying don't do them. I am just saying be careful when you do. I guess that would be for anything. Thanks again for helping me look closer at the article.

joshdickinson · 06-24-2005, 05:26 AM

Hi guys,

Thanks for the feedback on the article, most appreciated.

The reason for the inclusion of partials in this workout was not only to compliment the full ROM sets, but was also in an attempt to 'leap frog' in strength gains. Let me explain...

Say you are on a bench and you are training at your maximum. The idea of the partials is to create a quick strength gain which will enable you to handle a greater load for your full ROM sets the following week. When I followed this program, I was increasing the weight on the bar every week - wicked stuff!

increased strength = greater overload = more muscle.

regards

Josh