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I’m a personal trainer — here’s what agonist vs antagonist muscle groups really mean
Have you heard of agonist and antagonist muscle pairings before? This relationship between your muscles refers to opposing muscle groups, working in tandem, and their function to control and ...
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Agonist and antagonist muscle pairs
The muscle that is contracting is called the agonist and the muscle that is relaxing or lengthening is called the antagonist. Key fact One way to remember which muscle is the agonist – it's the ...
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O-22 Effects of antagonist stretching on jump performance and agonist muscle activity in elite athletes
All of this research associated with static stretching evaluated performance in the agonist musculature ... the static stretching of the antagonist muscles showed a significant stretch type x time ...
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Research Confirms Supersets Save Time While Building Just as Much Muscle — Here Are 3 for Your Next Workout
A popular method of incorporating supersets is through antagonist-paired exercises ... the rest of the sets prescribed. An ...