Hey guys, i recently saw ronnie coleman the unbelievable for the first time and saw that on some exercises he was using a limited ROM. Im gonna use military press as my example. Like he would go down until it touched his chest then up about halfway to full extension of his arms. At first i dismissed this as just poor form. Then i thought about it, the man is huge, he must be doing something right. Now my question that came out of this is one of targeting the tension. For military press would it be beneficial to do it the way ronnie was for targeting your shoulders only, as i seem to feel it more in the triceps the further i extend. Anywho i didn't really know who else to ask, as i am sure many of you have seen the video. Any thoughts would be great!
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04-11-2004, 08:32 PM #1Registered User
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ROM Question
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04-11-2004, 09:10 PM #2Banned
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don't follow ronnie's form in some of the lifts.
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04-11-2004, 09:32 PM #3Ironbender800
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Full ROM is best.
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04-12-2004, 05:53 AM #4Sleepy moderator
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ye... he was using the vid to make money... he however is already huge and just needs to maintain or add the only little bit...Originally posted by RiNgMaSteR
Full ROM is best.
but on the other hand... there is no one person who uses perfect form on every lift...
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04-12-2004, 06:11 AM #5Mod ...Not yet
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It was probably
a) for the camera
and b) to target the delts more and leaving out most triceps work.
There are quite a few guys who do it like this (with any pushing exercise).
But as far as i remember Ronnie also did some full ROM reps in the set.It's not as hard as you think it is.
Educate yourself, but stop thinking too much...
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04-12-2004, 12:07 PM #6Registered User
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Yeah damien, thats what i was thinking is that he was putting more stress on the delts by leaving out the tricep portion of the lift, i don't think i'll be shrinking my rom anytime soon(to alay those fears above) but i was just wondering why he did that.
"I went Hard, I went Heavy and I didn't stop" - Ronnie Coleman on how he gained 40 lbs lbm in one year.
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04-12-2004, 12:10 PM #7Banned
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he sure as all heck didn't do full/good ROM On his bent over rowsOriginally posted by Damien
It was probably
a) for the camera
and b) to target the delts more and leaving out most triceps work.
There are quite a few guys who do it like this (with any pushing exercise).
But as far as i remember Ronnie also did some full ROM reps in the set.
(but hey, who can blame him when he's rowing almost 500, heh)
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04-12-2004, 12:39 PM #8Beastly Member
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Just because someone is huge doesn't mean that they are doing anything right. They usually have good genetics/juice.
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04-12-2004, 05:29 PM #9Mod ...Not yet
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Actaully he had full ROM on Rows, but it was more like a power row.Originally posted by hyp3r3xt3nsion
he sure as all heck didn't do full/good ROM On his bent over rows (but hey, who can blame him when he's rowing almost 500, heh)
It's not as hard as you think it is.
Educate yourself, but stop thinking too much...
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04-12-2004, 05:46 PM #10Banned
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notice the full/good partOriginally posted by Damien
Actaully he had full ROM on Rows, but it was more like a power row.
(but hey, who can blame him when he's rowing almost 500, heh)
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