Contraction
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It begins with an involuntary spasm or sudden
contraction
of the diaphragm, the large dome-shaped muscle below our lungs that we use to inhale air.
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And you'll see that, unlike the cross helical model, this model resists extension and
contraction
and resists bending.
This particular squashing effect is known as Lorentz
contraction.
In contrast, exposing the muscle to a high-degree of tension, especially while the muscle is lengthening, also called an eccentric contraction, generates effective conditions for new growth.
Now the amount of
contraction
is easy to control.
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