Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Greg Nuckols discusses the research behind how resistance training range of motion impacts muscle growth, with a special focus on stretch-mediated hypertrophy.

This clip is from Episode 96 of the Stronger By Science Podcast. You can watch the full episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=Sm0WPA3O7JM

*TIME STAMPS*

0:00 Intro

2:43 Partial versus full-ROM for hypertrophy

4:53 Partial ROM at different muscle lengths

9:55 Loaded stretching for calf growth

16:58 “Proof-of-concept” studies

18:42 More intensive calf stretching for hypertrophy

References:
instagram.com/p/Ch7ZU_qOccC/?hl=en
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23604798
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33977835
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8322691
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sms.12822
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.878955/full