Partial Reps are a great way for advanced bodybuilders to shock their muscles into new growth. If you’ve never given them a try before, try adding them into your bodybuilding workout when you want to particularly fry a certain muscle group. These are intense enough to only be used sparingly (perhaps every second or third workout for one of the sets within that bodybuilding workout); if used too frequently, you’ll end up overtraining.
To utilize the partial reps technique, you should perform reps for an exercise as you normally would. However, when you are fatigued enough that you can no longer perform a full rep, you should continue with partial reps. For example, if you’re doing bicep curls, you’d rep out with the full motion of the curl. Then, when you can perform no more with the full movement, you would do half reps, quarter reps, and so on until you can’t even move the weight an inch. Needless to say, your muscles (in this case, your bi’s) will be screaming for mercy by the end of this set. Give these a try and enjoy the burn!
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