Partials and drop sets

So when we talk about making progress from session to session it comes down to pushing ourselves to a greater trauma than before. A good way to assure that happens is taking everything to its absolute limit. This includes partials and drop sets. Partials are taking a movement to true mechanical failure by bringing the resistance through the full range of motion as many times as possible, then continuing to bring the resistance through as much range possible while keeping form and control perfect until the range of motion is at its lowest point and the resistance cannot be moved anymore Do not let your body start to use momentum(because it will try. We want to make sure that the targeted muscle is brought to true mechanical failure with no other muscles involved. Drop sets are sets that come only after your working sets. With a drop set you drop the weight by your desired percentage then continue to bring the targeted area to failure while keeping perfect form, range of motion and control. With your drop sets make sure that your focusing on taking the muscle to true mechanical failure, not just getting more reps. The only set that counts is your working set. Your drop sets are just a way to breakdown the desired muscle group even more creating a greater stimulus. Make sure when your doing your drop sets as the weight gets lighter you take more advantage of controlling the negative, the pause at the peak stretch and pause at the peak contraction. By doing this we are assuring we are getting the best and most out of each rep. By adding these two variables to your training you are now assuring your taking your sets to true mechanical failure thus creating a new stimulus which in turn will result in better growth.