Your calf muscle doesn’t squeeze as hard when it’s too short, so doing exercises where it’s stretched might help it grow more. This could also be true for other muscles like your shoulders and chest.
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Muscle hypertrophy from partial repetition at long vs. short muscle length: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The study shows that lifting weights while stretching muscles more leads to more muscle growth, which supports the idea that exercises using a full stretch work better for building muscle.
Greater Gastrocnemius Muscle Hypertrophy After Partial Range of Motion Training Performed at Long Muscle Lengths
The study found that doing calf raises with a stretch (long muscle position) builds more muscle than doing them with a short muscle position, which supports the main idea. But it only tested calf muscles, not shoulders or chest.
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