Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, Section of Physiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
J Strength Cond Res. 2010 Jun;24(6):1578-83. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181d756ea.
Popular fitness literature suggests that varying the elbow range of motion (ROM) during the Military press can lead up to specific muscle isolation especially for deltoid and trapezius muscles. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of ROM at different loads on the electromyographic (EMG) activity of 8 preselected muscles. Six experienced lifters performed 3 sets of 10 repetitions, each one with a different ROM: the first one with a final elbow angle of 90 degrees (R1); the second with 135 degrees (R2), and the last one with a final elbow angle of 180 degrees (R3). Three resistances were chosen (no load, 30% of one repetition maximum [1-RM], and 70% of 1-RM), and sets were separated by 5 minutes rest. Electromyographic surface electrodes were placed on the clavicular head of pectoralis major, anterior deltoid, medial deltoid (MD), posterior deltoid (PD), upper trapezius, middle trapezius (MT), long head of triceps, and teres minor (TM). Analysis of variance showed a significant increase of rmsEMG activation with the widest ROM for each muscle and for each load condition except in MT and TM and PD with no load. The results showed that the use of the widest ROM increased the EMG activity of all the muscles selected with respect to the closest one, whereas this effect is not totally confirmed with the employment of R2. In addition, the use of intermediate ROMs was able to isolate the activity of the MD with respect to the trapezius only in the condition of the heaviest load. This suggests to coaches that in strength development programs the employment of an incomplete ROM can reduce the involvement of the trapezius without decreasing medium deltoid activation only with heavy loads.
流行的健身文献表明,在卧推中改变肘部活动范围(ROM)可以实现特定的肌肉孤立,特别是针对三角肌和斜方肌。本研究的目的是检查不同负荷下 ROM 对 8 块预选肌肉肌电图(EMG)活动的影响。6 名有经验的举重运动员进行了 3 组 10 次重复,每组的 ROM 不同:第一组的最终肘部角度为 90 度(R1);第二组为 135 度(R2),最后一组为 180 度(R3)。选择了三种阻力(无负荷、1 次重复最大负荷的 30%[1-RM]和 70%的 1-RM),每组之间休息 5 分钟。将表面肌电图电极放置在胸大肌锁骨头、前三角肌、中三角肌(MD)、后三角肌(PD)、上斜方肌、中斜方肌(MT)、肱三头肌长头和小圆肌(TM)上。方差分析显示,除 MT 和 TM 以及无负荷的 PD 外,对于每个肌肉和每个负荷条件,最宽的 ROM 都会显著增加 rmsEMG 激活。结果表明,与最接近的 ROM 相比,使用最宽的 ROM 会增加所有选定肌肉的 EMG 活动,而在使用 R2 时,这种效果并不完全得到证实。此外,仅在最重负荷条件下,使用中间 ROM 可以使 MD 相对于斜方肌的活动孤立。这表明,在力量发展计划中,使用不完全的 ROM 可以减少斜方肌的参与,而不会降低中等三角肌的激活,只需使用重负荷。