Does arm position matter when lifting light weights with a tourniquet?
Similar Regional Hypertrophy of the Elbow Flexor Muscles in Response to Low-Load Training With Vascular Occlusion at Short Versus Long Muscle Lengths
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People lifted light weights with a blood-flow cuff around their arm for 3 weeks, doing some lifts with their shoulder stretched back and others with it bent forward.
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Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
People lifted light weights with a blood-flow cuff around their arm for 3 weeks, doing some lifts with their shoulder stretched back and others with it bent forward.
Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
Max 100Randomized Controlled Trials
Max 90Cohort Studies
Max 72Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional Studies
Max 44Case Reports & Case Series
Max 30Expert Opinion & Narrative Reviews
Max 554 / 90
Evidence Score
Participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, minimizing bias. Considered the gold standard for testing whether an intervention causes an effect.
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da Silva Vendruscolo L, Brendon H, Hevia-Larraín V, Aihara AY, de Salles Painelli V
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Doing resistance exercises with the elbow muscles stretched out or in varied positions leads to a measurable increase in the size of the elbow flexor muscles in people who regularly work out but are not elite athletes.
When performing resistance exercises that stretch the elbow flexor muscles more, the muscles grow larger in cross-sectional area than when the same exercises are done with less stretch.
When training volume and intensity are the same, lifting weights with greater resistance at longer muscle lengths results in the same amount of muscle growth as lifting with greater resistance at shorter muscle lengths.
When the total mechanical workload is the same, training muscles while they are stretched does not consistently lead to more muscle growth than training them while they are shortened.
There is not enough scientific research yet to determine whether training muscles at longer or shorter lengths leads to better muscle growth.