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.
Isotonic contractions
- Rectus femoris
- Gluteus maximus
- Gastrocnemius
- Biceps femoris
- Semitendinosus
Isometric contraction
- Flexor digiti minimi brevis
- Adductor pollicis brevis
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
- Rectus abdominis