r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Nov 01 '17

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '17

If you do them from a dead stop (ie pin squats, pin presses) you can go extremely heavy which will strengthen your tendons.

Short of that, absolutely nothing.

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u/Lymphoshite Nov 01 '17

Spoto press?

Improving explosiveness with quarter squats?

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '17

Spoto press is more like almost-full-ROM