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KINS 303

Lab 3 Name:________________________________________

Exercise 1:
Abduct both arms at the shoulder. Keep the right arm extended at the elbow, but flex the left arm at the elbow
to bring the left hand in close to the shoulder. Attempt to hold this position for as long as possible. Which arm
fatigues more quickly? Why?

The arm that fatigues more quickly is the left arm. This is because there is a smaller level arm causing
increased torque on the deltoid muscle group.

Exercise 2:
Imagine that you are a swim coach for a youth recreational team. You are trying to teach your team to do flip
turns. What advice would you provide your team to increase angular velocity during the flip turn? Why?

To increase angular velocity the team should bring their arms and legs as close as they can in order to
decrease the moment of inertia. Decreasing the moment of inertia with the same force causes an
increased velocity.

KINS 303
Lab 3 Name:________________________________________

Exercise 3:
You want to decrease the kinetic energy of an object by as much as you can. What are the 2 theoretical ways in
which you can do this? Of the 2, which should you do and why?

The two ways to decrease kinetic energy are to decrease the mass or decrease the velocity. Decreasing
the velocity is the better option due to kinetic energy being proportional the to square of velocity. Due
to this, decreasing velocity by a small amount decreases the kinetic energy by a much greater amount.
Exercise 4:
A weightlifter is attempting a hamstring curl with a 100N cuffweight around her ankle. She is laying prone on
her stomach, and holding her knee at a 135-degrees. The cuffweight is located 60 cm down her leg from her
knee joint. The moment arm of the knee flexor muscles is 15 cm.

First, how much torque is being produced by her knee flexor muscles to hold the lower leg in the same
position (isometric contraction)?

Second, determine the muscle force (FM) applied to knee extensors to maintain this position if the cuff is
(-)100N and the distance from the cuff to the knee joint is 60cm AND the knee extension tendon inserts 3cm
from the joint. (Use the summation of torques and forces equation)?

Exercise 5:
Describe the factors that influence stability for each of the three figures in the image to the right. (Assume
that figure A has feet together). Then, for each how would you improve their COG placement?

(a) The man places the child over his COT allowing for a more balanced gait. His feet are together
which cause instablility. In order to increase his stability, he should widen his stance bringing his COG
closer to the ground.

(b) This man has very good feet placement with a wide stance lowing his COG. The man's bag is only
over one shoulder causing his COG to go to one side. In order to increase stability, the man should get
double shoulder bag. He should also not hunch his back when walking.
(c) The lady has good carrying mechanics, keeping the weight near her body allowing for her COG to be
in the center of her body. She has high heels on which increase her COG and decrease stability. In order
to become more stable she should wear shoes that are better structured in order to have increased
stability.

Exercise 6:
John is a 70kg sprinter. Once leaving the blocks, their angular momentum about their transverse axis about
the right leg is 30 kg·m2/s. Their right leg radius of gyration about the transverse axis is 0.6m at this instant.
When turning over their legs in the sprint, the right knee is in full flexion and thus reducing their radius of
gyration about the transverse axis to 0.3m.
• Once leaving the blocks, what is John’s moment of inertia about their transverse axis?

• Once leaving the blocks, what is John’s angular velocity about the transverse axis?

• When the knee is in full flexion, what is John’s new moment of inertia?

• When the knee is in full flexion, what is John’s new angular velocity?

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