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You are at the gym with a friend who complains that she cannot lift as much weight on a new machine as she could on the old machine.
You are at the gym with a friend who complains that she cannot lift as much weight on a new machine as she could on the old machine. You examine the machine and note that the starting position for the exercise puts your friend's muscles in a stretched position. How does this explain her seeming loss of strength?