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From the Archives: Muscles, the Nervous System, and Mechanical Advantage

by Mark Rippetoe | September 01, 2019

Mark Rippetoe gives an introduction to the basic mechanism of muscle contraction and how muscle operates bone during the squat lecture at the Starting Strength Seminar.

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