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	Strength Training

SenorCoconut

7-3-2008 6:37 AM

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strength training, dumbbells, weight training, isometric training, resistance training

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0877398c-cdab-4623-8e04-0c122d651290/7F3B48D6-3653-46DA-8318-9F8867DC5172/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strength_training&oldid=221724563" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strength_training&oldid=221724563" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strength_training&oldid=221724563"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/A7FEBCEC-A361-4AFB-9716-A4E36910A4AD" alt="An early plate-loading barbell and kettlebell" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strength_training&oldid=221724563"><A title="Hippocrates" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates">Hippocrates</A> explained the principle behind strength training when he wrote "that which is used develops, and that which is not used wastes away", referring to muscular <A title="Muscle hypertrophy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_hypertrophy">hypertrophy</A> and <A title="Atrophy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrophy#Muscle_Atrophy">atrophy</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strength_training&oldid=221724563"><P>The dumbbell was joined by the <A title="Barbell" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbell">barbell</A> in the latter half of the 19th century. Early barbells had hollow globes that could be filled with <A title="Sand" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand">sand</A> or lead <A title="Shot" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot">shot</A>, but by the end of the century these were replaced by the plate-loading barbell commonly used today.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-Todd_0-0"><A title="" href="#cite_note-Todd-0">[1]</A></SUP></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strength_training&oldid=221724563"><SPAN class="mw-headline">Types of strength training</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strength_training&oldid=221724563"><SPAN class="mw-headline">Weight training</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strength_training&oldid=221724563"><A title="Weight training" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_training">Weight</A> and <A title="Resistance training" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_training">resistance training</A> are popular methods of strength training which use gravity</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strength_training&oldid=221724563"><SPAN class="mw-headline">Resistance training</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strength_training&oldid=221724563"><I>Resistance training</I> is a form of strength training in which each effort is performed against a specific opposing <A title="Force" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force">force</A> generated by resistance</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strength_training&oldid=221724563"><SPAN class="mw-headline">Isometric training</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strength_training&oldid=221724563">Isometric exercise, or "isometrics", is a type of strength training in which the joint angle and muscle length do not change during contraction.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7F3B48D6-3653-46DA-8318-9F8867DC5172/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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