joint questions for Flyes and Calve raises

[Maximum6]

I see in some training videos, people extend the arms straight at the top of a db flye.

Does this help with squeezing the muscle? I keep my elbows bent throughout the entire movement, like a hug.

For standing calf raises, I keep my knees bent throughout the movement. I seem to be the ONLY one in the gym that does this. Everyone else locks out the knee and keeps their legs straight.

Is there a benefit of locking out or not locking out the knee joint?

[fit]

I also do flyes like " a hug" and feel it keeps tension focused on the pecs.

Fo calves- I keep legs straight. Again, because it feels right and keeps tension focused on the calf.

[mrbeefy]

Yup...what Fit said!

[mrky03]

The more you bend your knees the less stress you put on the gastroc's and shift the stress more to the soleus which lies under the gastrocnemious. So thats why we do standing knees locked and seated knees bent to target each part of the calf.

[Intensity]

Same thing for the same reason: Do not keep my arms straight for flyes and keep my legs straight when doing calves raises!

[gti steve]

i do not keep my legs locked when doing calves. instead, ill slightly bend the knee and that keeps my calves tright and i can get explosive power out of the movement. it becomes more functional when doing it like this, in my opinion, because if you think about when we jump, we crouch slightly to trigger the lower portion of our body.

when my legs are locked, my ankles hurt.