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When one muscle is contracting, the other is also partially activated in order to respond in a coordinated fashion.
Yes, it seems that for coordinated and controlled motion activation of both are necessary. Basically, so you don't try to pick something up and smack yourself in the face.
We observed an initial increase in the time until muscle fatigue after the consumption of caffeine, which does support our hypothesis. However, after the 7th reading (after consuming the caffeine) the time until muscle fatigue decreased.
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Our hypothesis was largely confirmed. We observed an initial increase in the time until muscle fatigue after the consumption of caffeine, which does support our hypothesis. However, after the 7th reading (after consuming the caffeine) the time until muscle fatigue decreased. We believe this can be attributed to an unsubstantial rest period between readings and overall muscle fatigue.
Ideally the experiment would be repeated with much larger rest times in between testing times in order to reduce overall muscle fatigue. A warm room may also change the experiment, as the volunteer was very cold due to the freezing room temperature which can also affect the muscles. Also in a further experiment it would be interesting to perform other tests to indicate the level of caffeine in the volunteer, such as a blood test for caffeine levels or perhaps a pulse reading for heart rate. This may then be able to be correlated to the level of caffeine at each reading .