When you do strength exercises where your muscles are stretched the most (like lowering a weight fully), you build more muscle than when you only move partway through the motion, no matter which muscle you're working.

Even the middle parts of your muscles grow more when you stretch them fully during workouts — it’s not just the ends that benefit from full range of motion.

When you stretch your muscles fully during workouts, the ends of the muscles grow more than the middle parts — the stretch makes the muscle ends bulk up more than the center.

If you're already strength-trained, doing full lifts (like fully curling a dumbbell) won't make your muscles grow more than just doing the stretchy part of the movement—so maybe stretching your muscles under load is the real secret to getting bigger.

Whether you're working your quads, calves, or biceps, stretching them fully during exercises helps them grow bigger — this works for many different muscles, not just one.

Getting stronger from lifting weights doesn’t always mean your muscles are getting bigger—and vice versa. Strength and size don’t go hand in hand.