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Full ROM

Examples of Full Range Of Motion (ROM)

Push ups: chest touching floor (NOT stomach to floor) at bottom, arms straight at top

Pull ups: chin over bar (NOT near bar) at top, arms at full extension at bottom (no bend at elbow)

Squats:  creases of the hips below the knee caps at bottom, hips and knees fully open (straight) at top

Sit ups: shoulders to ground at bottom, chest to knees at top

Presses: bar over the top of the head, arms locked ("head through the window")

Wall Ball: full squat at bottom, body at full extension at top to project ball high

Thrusters: full front squat at bottom, good Press form at top

Ring dips: "fist to (arm)pits" at bottom, arms at full extension, body straight at top

handstand push ups: top of head touching floor at bottom, arms at full extension at top

via Spartan Fitness/CrossFit Suffolk.  See also a similar article at Gym Jones, Quality.

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