This is Hidilyn Diaz. She won the Philippines’ first ever Olympic gold medal in the clean and jerk weightlifting category for the 55-kg weight division during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Give 5 examples of muscles with isotonic contractions and 5 examples of muscles with isometric contractions during the activity in the gif below.
Five examples of muscles with isotonic contractions during the weightlifting of Hidilyn Diaz
- Biceps femoris
- Rectus femoris
- Adductor magnus
- Vastus lateralis
- Vastus intermedius
Five examples of muscles with isometric contractions during the weightlifting of Hidilyn Diaz
- Biceps brachii
- Latissimus dorsi
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
- Transversus abdominis