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  2. 10 ‘Kinetic Chain’ Exercises To Build Stronger, Bigger Muscles

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    Kinetic chain exercises are categorized into two types: open and closed. Open kinetic chain exercises are movements where the hand or foot is free to move and not in contact with a surface (like a ...

  3. Open kinetic chain exercises - Wikipedia

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    Open chain exercises are postulated to be advantageous in rehabilitation settings because they can be easily manipulated to selectively target specific muscles, or specific heads of certain muscles, more effectively than their closed chain counterparts, at different phases of contraction.

  4. Closed kinetic chain exercises - Wikipedia

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    Closed chain exercises are often compound movements, that generally incur compressive forces, while open-chain exercises are often isolation movements that promote more shearing forces. [ 1 ] CKC exercises involve more than one muscle group and joint simultaneously rather than concentrating solely on one, as many OKC exercises do (single-joint ...

  5. Pull-down (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    This makes the pull-down an open-chain movement and the pull-up a closed-chain movement. The weight moved can also be adjusted to be more or less than the weight of the person doing the exercise. The weight moved can also be adjusted to be more or less than the weight of the person doing the exercise.

  6. Pull-up (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. marine performing a pull-up. A pull-up is an upper-body strength exercise.The pull-up is a closed-chain movement where the body is suspended by the hands, gripping a bar or other implement at a distance typically wider than shoulder-width, and pulled up.

  7. Popliteus muscle - Wikipedia

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    The popliteus muscle in the leg is used for unlocking the knees when walking, by laterally rotating the femur on the tibia during the closed chain portion of the gait cycle (one with the foot in contact with the ground). In open chain movements (when the involved limb is not in contact with the ground), the popliteus muscle medially rotates the ...

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    The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday said it transferred the $20 billion U.S. portion of a $50 billion G7 loan for Ukraine to a World Bank intermediary fund for economic and financial aid to ...

  9. Bodyweight exercise - Wikipedia

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    A bodyweight squat exercise requires little space and no equipment. After squatting down an individual returns to standing while moving their arms back to their sides. The height of the squat can be adjusted higher or lower depending on individual requirements (i.e., someone unaccustomed to exercise may instead perform half or quarter squats).

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