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Strength training is primarily an anaerobic activity, although circuit training also is a form of aerobic exercise. Strength training can increase muscle, tendon, and ligament strength as well as bone density, metabolism, and the lactate threshold; improve joint and cardiac function; and reduce the risk of injury in athletes and the elderly ...
The barbell back squat Bodyweight squat. A squat is a strength exercise in which the trainee lowers their hips from a standing position and then stands back up. During the descent, the hip and knee joints flex while the ankle joint dorsiflexes; conversely the hip and knee joints extend and the ankle joint plantarflexes when standing up.
The best approach to specifically achieve muscle growth remains controversial (as opposed to focusing on gaining strength, power, or endurance); it was generally considered that consistent anaerobic strength training will produce hypertrophy over the long term, in addition to its effects on muscular strength and endurance.
Anaerobic strength training programs can increase muscular strength, [13] power, [21] and lean body mass. [22] Decreased risk of falls and increased neuromuscular control can be attributed to balance intervention programs. [23] Flexibility programs can increase functional range of motion and reduce the risk of injury. [24]
Such strength training has become more popular among recreational and professional athletes. [2] Bodyweight training uses simple abilities like pushing, pulling, squatting, bending, twisting and balancing. [2] Movements such as the push-up, the pull-up, and the sit-up are among the most common bodyweight exercises. [3]
In strength training, rowing (or a row, usually preceded by a qualifying adjective — for instance a cable seated row, barbell upright row, dumbbell bent-over row, T-bar rows, et cetera) is an exercise where the purpose is to strengthen the muscles that draw the rower's arms toward the body (latissimus dorsi) as well as those that retract the scapulae (trapezius and rhomboids) and those that ...