In this activity, students model a biceps curl using a lever system. The model measures the force in the biceps muscle when the forearm is carrying...
Current understanding of how muscles contract is based on the sliding filament model. This model applies to skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle.
In this activity, students perform a lateral arm raise and use the information to calculate their one repetition maximum (1RM). The accompanying calculator uses seven different...
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