Full Range or Partial Range Exercise Training - a Guide to Decide

Strength training is the use of resistance to muscular contraction to build the strength, anaerobic endurance and size of skeletal muscles. A recent method utilized in strength training and one that has indicated great promise is the use of supermaximal loads through the strongest range of motion. Many involved in the pursuit of weight training to develop strength and lean muscle mass (power lifters, bodybuilders, and athletes) have long utilized partial repetitions in their training. Since 1995, with the release of the book Power Factor Training and many body-part specialty books on the same subject, the popularity of limited range exercise has increased significantly.