Closed chain exercises are more beneficial for learning body control and increasing the amount of muscular activation during exercise.
Simply put,
closed chain exercises are where the body is moved through space, while open chain exercises demand that a foreign object is moved through space.
«With the ability to activate the quads with a variety of
closed chained exercises effectively, and knowing that during the first 6 weeks a graft is slowly weakening until becoming integrated into its bony tunnel, I do not see any reason at this time to push with open chained exercises,» says Dr. Cronin.
Not exact matches
The reviewers found few studies evaluating the effectiveness in the ACL rehabilitation process of so - called «open
chain»
exercises (those which tend to isolate a single muscle group and a single joint, such as leg curls and leg extensions, with or without added weight) versus «
closed chain»
exercises (those which work multiple joints and multiple muscle groups at once, such as, for example, a squat involves the knee, hip and ankle joints, and multiple muscles groups, e.g. quads, hamstrings, hip flexors, calves and glutes, with body weight alone or with added weight).
The dip is an upper body
Closed Kinetic
Chain (CKC)
exercise, which means it involves moving your body while your hands are in a fixed position.
Body weight movements are considered to be «
closed chain»
exercises.
For many dryland
exercises, such as squatting, dead lifts, and other
closed kinetic
chain * movements, the athlete's upper back must be flat while the lower back may have a slight curve.
It's a
closed -
chain exercise, which simply - defined means that you're moving your body rather than the resistance (the opposite would be open -
chain, which is what the adductor machine is where your limbs are moving the resistance).
Closed -
chain exercises are MUCH more effective for working the muscles.
Kawamoto recommends sticking to
closed -
chain exercises, such as a squat, where the feet are in a fixed position and the body is moving.
Focusing on complex, multi-joint,
closed -
chain exercises promoting strength and explosive power development specific to the functional movement patterns of athletics.
Comparing the effect of
closed and open
chain vertical pulling
exercises, Doma et al. (2013) explored the muscle activity during pull - ups and lat pull - downs.
Examples of cruelty / neglect include beating or abusing an animal, wiring or duct taping an animal's mouth
closed, not providing an animal with adequate food, fresh water, warm shelter in the winter and cool / shaded shelter in the summer, keeping the animal in a very unclean area or on a very short
chain, not providing medical care for a sick animal, keeping an animal in a cage that is too small and not providing daily
exercise for an animal.