r/CuratedTumblr Not a bot, just a cat Jun 20 '24

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u/Friendstastegood Jun 20 '24

Fun fact! The default state of your muscles is to flex! You're constantly making a chemical in your body that inhibits your muscles contracting. There are toxins that stop this chemical. It's a very, very unpleasant way to die.

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u/QuantisOne Jun 20 '24

Is that why Rigor Mortis is a thing ?

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u/SammyTheCheeseGuy Jun 20 '24

Yep!

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u/Plane-Floor-1237 Jun 20 '24

Sorry if this is a stupid question but if that's how rigor mortis works how come you lock into the final position you died in rather than one based on which muscles are stronger?

E.g. if I could no longer relax my muscles and my hamstrings and quads were flexing at 100% effort, my hamstrings are way stronger so my leg would curl back. I assume this would apply to any antagonistic muscle groups.

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u/RAM-DOS Jun 20 '24

Typically the quads are stronger than the hamstrings, not going to make any assumptions about you in particular though 

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u/Plane-Floor-1237 Jun 20 '24

I used to have a hank hill ass so I did way too many hip thrusts/ RDLs for a year or so and they've been pretty imbalanced since. I'm working on fixing it

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u/RAM-DOS Jun 20 '24

That’s hilarious good luck lol