Posted by: ray porco () on Sat May 1 10:10:27 2004

tom,

>>>Loading is interrupted relatively sooner for inside. There is less separation between upper and lower torso.<<<


>>>Loading is interrupted slightly later for outside.There is more separation between upper and lower torso.<<<

Definition Time (this actually is getting to be fun, and at the very least beneficial for me):


By loading do you mean stretching (lengthening) the muscle in anticipation/preparation for use, which then would mean that unloading would be contracting (shortening) the muscle during use?

or

By loading do you mean placing a burden (load) on the muscle, forcing it to work (exert force/contract), which would then mean that unloading is relieving the muscle of it’s workload (relaxing/stretching/lengthening the muscle) ?

Of course you can place a load on a muscle that is stretching out, or you can contract a muscle under no load.

Or is there another definition?

Definitions, how could we communicate properly without ’em?

I’m 99.99 % sure what you mean, but indulge me the 00.01%.


ray porco