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New lifters might grow more from stretching muscles than experienced lifters, but we don’t know for sure because most studies use beginners.

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Partial Range, Full Gains? The Effect of 8 Weeks of Partial Range of Motion Training at Long Muscle Lengths on Elbow Flexor Hypertrophy and Strength in Trained Individuals

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2025 Dec

This study found that even people who already lift weights can get slightly more muscle growth by training with their muscles stretched out, which means we now have proof that trained people respond to this kind of training — something we didn’t know much about before.

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Does longer-muscle length resistance training cause greater longitudinal growth in humans? A systematic review

Systematic Review
Human
2026 Jan

This study looked at whether lifting weights with muscles stretched more leads to bigger muscle growth, but none of the studies compared people who are new to lifting versus those who are experienced — so it agrees that we just don’t know enough yet about how trained people respond.

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