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| | What do you envision when you hear the words strength training?
Barbells and weight plates, the heavy-duty tools of those who pump iron at the gym, probably come to mind immediately. Advertising on our site helps Alpha Surge Male testosterone support (https://syq.im:2025/kelvingebhardt) our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services.
But that form of strength training (or resistance training) is just one way to build muscle. In truth, you don’t have to lift weights to grow stronger. You’ve got other exercise options - including some that require NO equipment. Let’s work out the details with exercise physiologist Katie Lawton, MEd, and athletic trainer Tom Iannetta, ATC, CSCS.
What is strength training? Strength training is a type of exercise where your muscles work against some form of resistance. The activity "loads" muscles by forcing them to overcome, resist or control an opposing force. You overcome a force while lifting the weight (concentric contraction).
You resist a force while holding the weight at the stop of the press (isometric contraction). |