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When a muscle pulls on something, its fibres contract. This makes the muscle 'bunch up' and appear bigger.

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Why is it advisable to keep a straight back and bend legs at knee when lifting a heavy bag?

Keeping a straight back and bending the legs when lifting a heavy bag helps to reduce the strain on your lower back. This technique allows the larger and stronger muscles in the legs to do the heavy lifting, instead of relying on the smaller and more injury-prone muscles in the back. It also helps to maintain good posture and prevent injuries.


Is 3kg heavy?

The weight of 3kg can be considered heavy or not depending on the context. For example, in terms of lifting or carrying for an extended period of time, 3kg might feel heavy for some people. However, in the context of larger objects or weights, 3kg is relatively light.


How does the power output of your arm muscles compared to the power output of your leg muscles?

Leg muscles typically produce more power output compared to arm muscles due to the larger muscle mass and strength in the legs. This difference is especially evident during activities like running or jumping, where the legs are primarily responsible for propulsion and generating force. However, arm muscles are important for tasks like lifting or pushing objects, but generally produce less power output than leg muscles.


Does the size of the balloon change the power of the pull can?

The size of the balloon does impact its lifting capacity because a larger balloon can displace more air and generate more lift. So, larger balloons generally have a greater lifting power compared to smaller ones.


Why does the moon appear larger at times?

The moon appears larger at times due to an optical illusion called the "moon illusion." This occurs when the moon is closer to the horizon, making it appear larger compared to when it is higher in the sky.

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Why does our muscles became bigger when we are lifting heavy objects?

As you lift weights, your muscle's fibers are being ripped apart. After that, the muscle grows in order to be "normal" again and not ripped apart, making it bigger.


What is used for lifting heavy weights?

Although the details of how it actually occurs at still unknown, muscles react to resistance or weight training by becoming stronger and usually larger. The important point is that weight lifting stimulates growth; in other words, the growth does not occur in the gym but afterwards during recovery as your body adapts to the increased demands you have put on it.


If Lamarck's hypothesis of species modification were true the child of a person who developed large muscles by lifting weights would be born with?

According to Lamarck's hypothesis, the child would inherit the acquired trait of large muscles from the parent who developed them. Therefore, the child would also have a tendency to develop large muscles.


When lifting weights do muscle tissues form new cell to make the muscles larger?

No, muscles do not create new cells over time; they merely generate microscopic 'tears' in the muscle after strenuous activity then fill in the 'gaps' which makes the muscles longer instead of having more cells.


How do muscles get larger or smaller?

by hypertrophy (bigger) by making them do alot more work than they use to by lifting weights usually, and atrophy (not being used to same extent as they were)for them to get smaller or 'waste' away from lack of a sustained workload.


What is the difference between the terms power lifting and weight lifting?

Weight training is the science of using weights (or another form of external resistance) in order to train your body to perform a certain task with better ease, efficiency, or technique. This broad category includes simple ankle weights worn while jogging, all the way up to half-ton leg presses. Weight lifting (i.e. bodybuilding) is a subset of weight training. It specifically identifies the discipline of weight training for the purpose of building larger, stronger, or more well-defined muscles. This is in contrast to weight training, which includes those things, plus weight loss, balance, flexibility, and certain athletic skills.


Has any one stunted their growth from weightlifting?

Not directly. The growth stunting is done by steroids, which are taken to allow for heavier weights to be lifted and larger muscles to be built.


Why do I look smaller after working out?

After working out, your muscles may appear smaller due to temporary swelling and inflammation. This is a normal response to the stress placed on the muscles during exercise. Over time, as the inflammation subsides and the muscles repair and grow stronger, they will appear more defined and larger.


What exercises make your butt larger?

Skating and downhill skiing are good for building big glutes - butt muscles.


How do I build muscles through training?

Generally speaking there are specific exercises that work different muscle groups. You should work different groups on different days in order to give muscles the required rest in order to grow. Muscle growth occurs through tiny tears in the muscle caused by lifting weight. When the muscle heals it regenerates and grows larger. This is why it's important to mix rest in with working out. Also don't overdo it. Start with lifting weights that you are comfortable with and build up from there. Too much too quick is not a good thing.


Why are proximal muscles usaully larger and stronger than distal muscles?

because they are larger


How does a small framed person target tone and firm their large butt without making it any bigger?

Even if you use weights to tone your butt you won't make it larger as long as you stick with lighter weights (or no weights) and more repetitions. If you were to use heavy weights and less repetitions, that would build the muscle and therefore make your butt appear bigger. Lighter weights and more reps will just tone and add definition.