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		Tuna-Fish on June 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wearable Muscles Range of motion. You can pick up a stick, hold it above your head, and throw it with significant power and control. A chimp can't do that.

kenjackson on June 29, 2022 [–]

I was thinking more within human variances. For example, I've seen athletes with high calf muscles who can jump really high. If there an advantage to those whose calf muscle stretch to the bottom of the leg? Do they have some increased range of motion that this helps with?

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