ROM thread question

[Mr I]

What are peoples thoughts?

check out this clip of Dexter doing dumbell shoulder press

Olympia: The Series 2008 - Olympia Contender Dexter Jackson!

I've always done full ROM, over time I see so many vids of pro's doing less than full ROM. Is it just a pre contest thing or all all season?

Do you feel it works the intended muscle as well?

[Bouncer]

How he does them is how I have always done them. Never knew any other way to do shoulder presses. looks like a pretty full range shoulder press to me.

[Mr I]

the dumbells only seem to come down asa far as his ears, when I do them I touch the top of my shoulder at the bottom part of the movement. His elbows don't go past 90 degrees

[Bouncer]

the dumbells only seem to come down asa far as his ears, when I do them I touch the top of my shoulder at the bottom part of the movement. His elbows don't go past 90 degrees

you touch the tops of your shoulders?? i couldn't do that if i tried. i have only ever come down to ear level and so has anyone i have ever seen do them.

i am pretty sure coming down that far takes a lot of the shoulder muscle out of the movement and more into the upper back/lats.

[Mr I]

ok, what about chest then, you touch your chest right?

[Bouncer]

ok, what about chest then, you touch your chest right?

never do flat bench.

my chest routine is Incline DB presses, flat DB flys, and cable flys.

[Stonecold54]

I think ear level or just below is about as far as you need to go.

[The_Grinder]

I think its kind of an optical illusion. It seems like their ROM might not seem full because they are so fucking big.

[Mr I]

I think its kind of an optical illusion. It seems like their ROM might not seem full because they are so fucking big.

no that would work the other way since his shoulders are higher due to layers of muscle, even if he touched them he'd be some distance from the joint but he's still a ways away you can see the gap

[The_Grinder]

no that would work the other way since his shoulders are higher due to layers of muscle, even if he touched them he'd be some distance from the joint but he's still a ways away you can see the gap

oh i wasnt talking about this video or shoulder presses in particular. i was more talking about watching all those olympia guys and their lifts...

[dna9488]

I come down to my ear when doing shoulder presses.

[COLOSSUS]

for most pressing exercises that i do i go down till my arms at about 90 degrees. any further than that i feel that i am straining too much and might cause an injury to my shoulders etc.

[Shibby]

I'm with the majority on this one about the shoulder press. As for chest, no I don't touch my chest.

[coffee-guy]

the dumbells only seem to come down asa far as his ears, when I do them I touch the top of my shoulder at the bottom part of the movement. His elbows don't go past 90 degrees

No shoulder/chest movements should allow for the elbow to fall below the shoulder joint - anything beyond 90 degrees on those (or greater than 70 degrees on dips) is just begging for injuries/dislocations...

[Mr I]

No shoulder/chest movements should allow for the elbow to fall below the shoulder joint - anything beyond 90 degrees on those (or greater than 70 degrees on dips) is just begging for injuries/dislocations...

So when training chest, do you touch your chest?