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What You Must Know About The Diaphragm

January 13, 2022 By Vishy Dadsetan

What is the diaphragm?

Diaphram is a large dome-shaped muscle that continuously contracts and relaxes in a rhythmic pattern matching your breath. The same as your breathing, diaphragm actions are often involuntary, and you can exert voluntary control over it for a brief time.

Where is the diaphragm located?

Diaphram is located below your lungs, separating your lungs and heart from your stomach.

What is the function of the diaphragm?

Diaphram muscles serve two primary purposes. [Read more…] about What You Must Know About The Diaphragm

Filed Under: Muscular System

Introduction To Type of Muscle Contractions

September 1, 2020 By Vishy Dadsetan

Type of Muscle Contractions – A Key to Bodybuilding, Weight Loss, Injury Prevention and Pain Management

Your understanding and use of types of muscle contractions impact your success in losing fat, building muscle, staying fit, or winning at any sport. Your ability to contract your muscles in a balanced way contributes to your long-term pain-free motions and healthy joints.

What is a muscle contraction?

The image of the bulging biceps muscle gives the wrong impression, which can affect the way you workout.

In any bodybuilding pose similar to a biceps pose, you only see one type of contraction. Let’s the record straight.

Muscle contraction happens when the nervous system signal activates the muscle.  The muscle length may or may not change in response to that signal.

How types of muscle contractions are there?

The answer is two. One is often used in popular workouts, and the other is often neglected.

Isotonic contractions are what are often used. In this type of contraction, muscle length changes. [Read more…] about Introduction To Type of Muscle Contractions

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