[chrismortimer66]

Aurora, you where probably having to retrain and help trainees whom where using half and quater reps to ego lift, and not respecting the muscle as a whole, if you train using halfs and quarters, you should also use a full rom with a same or similar exercise and half the weight you where using for rep range 12-15, this will make sure no week links will develope.

A good example would be half sumo squats with 500lbs for 6+reps for heavy partial rom for 2-3 sets,then 2-3 sets of 12-15 reps of sissy squats with 220lbs.

The reason why some of your trainees may have that tight feeling maybe because allot of people I have trained and just people I have talked too feel that they are not affectivley stimulating thier muscles [having a good workout] unless they pump thier muscles, they like that pumped feeling after a workout. This the real reason why your trainees will be have a tight feeling and possibly bad flexibility.

I knew a guy who was an amazing trainer,who had trained 2 or 3 Mr universes back in the 70's, he go into training others after he tore both biceps tendons of his arms after having his arms pumps all the time, one day he does heavy deadlifts and ping,ping ended his career early, I think he did this in the late 60's and they couldn't doing anything for him.

That pumped feeling can be very dangerous, can also give the illusion of development, and retrain your brain from acknowledging true muscle stimulation in replace of muscle pump, especially in people who are uneducated in the field of physical development, thats probably around 80% of people who walk into a gym.