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Isotomic contractions
Muscle shorten and movement occurs (most normal exercise)
Isometric contraction
Tension in muscle increases, no movement occurs (pushing one hand against the other)
Sliding filament theory
a muscle fiber contracts when myosin filaments pull actin filaments closer together and thus shorten sarcomeres within a fiber
Chart for fast vs slow twitch
