Meaning of strength training | Babel Free

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A form of exercise in which the goal is to increase the strength of muscles through low numbers of repetitions of an exercise performed with high resistance.

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“Research⟳ and experience⟳ from major projects at Colorado State University and the United States Military Academy at West Point⟳, and ongoing work⟳ at Nautilus headquarters in Lake Helen, Florida, support⟳ the concept that optimal strength training requires as little as one set⟳ of eight to twelve repetitions taken to momentary muscular failure.”

“Unfortunately, many athletes […] shy away from true strength training programs with high intensities and lower repetitions because they fear "bulking up".”

“Many strength training professionals prefer⟳ free-weight exercises.”

“Although weightlifting is a sport in its own⟳ right, the techniques of the clean⟳ and jerk and the snatch are used extensively within sport-specific strength training and conditioning, as well as in more general strength training, due to their unparalleled ability to develop⟳ an individual's power.”

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