Although this variation of the exercise
provides less range of motion, it allows you to use more weight, which is vital for stimulating muscle growth.
You will also likely feel
less range of motion in the hip when the elbows are on the Bosu Ball, but still attempt to touch your opposite knee to your elbow.
As briefly mentioned above, if the goal is to simply squat more weight, regardless of joint angles, the low bar back squat generally allows athletes to move greater loads due to the greater leverage the hips and back have (as well as
slightly less range of motion needed at the bottom of the squat).
As you go from middle - to - lower chest exercises in your workout you'll see the exercises get a little easier as you're able to use heavier weight because
of lesser range of motion and the fact that your chest muscles are more involved.
Just Dance games make extensive use of motion capture for their ostensibly accurate dance moves, and from the looks of things, they paid a guy «not enough money» to attempt a dance in a Mario costume that
allowed less range of motion than Michael Keaton's costume in the first Batman movie.
The diabetes and neuropathy groups had more stiffness in their Achilles tendons and
less range of motion in the joints than the control group did.
However the research is in fact very clear — a greater range of motion leads to greater muscle hypertrophy and overall strength gains than
a lesser range of motion (even allowing for the fact that you can use a heavier weight when you use a partial range of motion).
Less range of motion in the Thoracic region can cause increased range of motion in the Cervical (neck) and Lumbar (lower) spine, which can become problematic over time as these more flexible regions of the spine begin to over compensate.
Use the inside handles for greater speed,
less range of motion.