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  2. How to get a full-body workout at home without any equipment

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    On your knees, lower the right hand down to the ground to the right of your body; making sure the right shoulder stays over the right wrist. Then extend the left leg out as high as your hip.

  3. High-intensity training - Wikipedia

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    Advocates of HIT believe that this method is superior for strength and size building to most other methods which, for example, may stress lower weights with larger volume (sets x reps x weight). As strength improves with high-intensity training (HIT), the weight or resistance used in the exercises should be gradually increased over time.

  4. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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    This is a compound exercise that also involves the glutes, lower back, lats, trapezius (upper back), and, to a lesser extent, the quadriceps and the calves. Lifting belts are often used to help support the lower back. If performed with a barbell, it can be held with both hands facing backwards or with one hand facing backward and one facing ...

  5. Calisthenics - Wikipedia

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    A back lever is performed by lowering from an inverted hang from rings or bar, until the gymnast's body is parallel to the ground and facing towards the floor. Handstand; Practicing the wall walk, an exercise for achieving handstands A handstand is the act of supporting the body in a stable, inverted vertical position by balancing on the hands.

  6. Strength training - Wikipedia

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    As of 2015, no articles existed on the effects of warm-up for upper body injury prevention. [10] For the lower limbs, several programs significantly reduce injuries in sports and military training, but no universal injury prevention program has emerged, and it is unclear if warm-ups designed for these areas will also be applicable to strength ...

  7. Progressive overload - Wikipedia

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    The goal of strength-training programs is to increase one’s physical strength and performance. This is achieved through resistance training.By placing the exercise musculature under greater-than-normal demand, the body will start a natural adaptation process, improving its capabilities to endure that higher amount of stress.

  8. Training to failure - Wikipedia

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    A 10RM weight is more useful in terms of training for hypertrophy than a 1RM. [5] There is less consensus as to why a 10RM is actually safer; it may be because a 10RM can be performed with a much lower risk of joint injury (due to the lower weight), [ 6 ] but also potentially because failure occurs due to absolute inability of the muscles to ...

  9. Muscle hypertrophy - Wikipedia

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    Two factors contribute to hypertrophy: sarcoplasmic hypertrophy, which focuses more on increased muscle glycogen storage; and myofibrillar hypertrophy, which focuses more on increased myofibril size. [1] It is the primary focus of bodybuilding-related activities.