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Muscles never push

300th
300th
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Canada
2007/02/22, 09:32 PM
I would just like to know how is it that muscles never push as I told in Kinesiology the other day muscles always pull its just that the result of this is a push. Please comment

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7707mutt
7707mutt
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2007/02/22, 09:34 PM
What are you talking about?

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300th
300th
Posts: 16
Joined: 2007/01/25
Canada
2007/02/22, 09:43 PM
Nevermind, this is one of my very novice-ish posts
wrestler125
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2007/02/22, 10:21 PM
You have muscles on both sides. Lets use triceps and biceps as an example. If your arm is flexed, and your tricep contracts (shortens, pulls), then your arm is extended. This is what creates a push.

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