The Purpose of the Mechanical Analysis is to demonstrate competence in the subject matter as it relates to
Kinesiology (Human Movement). The Mechanical Analysis provides an analytical description of exercise skills
in terms of phases and the various joint movements occurring in those phases, analyze an exercise to
determine the joint movements and positions, the specific muscles involved and their contraction types in
accomplishing those movements, and/or maintaining those positions, and learn to group individual muscles
into units that causes, control, or prevent certain joint movements.
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