Professor Kate Poirier | D052 | Fall 2022

Geometry in Weightlifting

Thesis: How can geometric angles help target specific muscle groups during weight lifting?

i. Introduction:

      Nowadays, many people enjoy weight lifting, whether it’s for personal goals, to feel empowered, for health endurance or to compete. On social media, there are many influencers who share their workout split. A workout split is a way of dividing your training sessions into different body regions. For example, let’s say Monday is glutes and hamstrings, and Thursday is quads and calves. Although they’re both considered leg day, there are different exercises to target each muscle group. Believe it or not, they can be the same exercises just tweaked a little due to the angular position. 

ii. First Compound Exercise(squatting) & geometry

iii. Second Compound Exercise (deadlift) & geometry

iv. Back Exercise & geometry 

v. How trig/physics comes into play

vi. Conclusion

1 Comment

  1. Kate Poirier

    Looks fascinating, Angie! I can’t wait to read your final paper!

    I think that the trig/physics section will probably be where most of your details will be. Before you write your earlier sections, you’ll probably want to have a very specific idea of what you mean by the “& geometry” part. Will you include a picture? Will there be a force diagram?

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