CanFitPro Personal Training Specialist Practice Test

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How does stretching a tight muscle help its weak antagonist?

By increasing its blood flow

By reducing its size

By allowing it to contract with more strength and power

Stretching a tight muscle helps its weak antagonist by allowing it to contract with more strength and power. When a muscle is tight, it means that it is shortened and cannot extend to its full length. This puts the antagonist muscle in a disadvantage, making it weaker. Stretching the tight muscle helps to lengthen it, allowing it to contract with more strength and power. Option A is incorrect because increasing blood flow is not directly related to the strength of a muscle. Option B is incorrect because reducing the size of a muscle would make it even weaker. Option D is incorrect because stretching actually increases flexibility, not decreases it.

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By decreasing its flexibility

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