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2. Leg press - Wikipedia

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   The leg press is a compound weight training exercise in which the individual pushes a weight or resistance away from them using their legs. The term leg press machine refers to the apparatus used to perform this exercise. [ 1 ] The leg press can be used to evaluate an athlete's overall lower body strength (from the gluteus Maximus to the lower ...

3. Calf raises - Wikipedia

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   Standing bilateral calf raise with machine end. Standing unilateral calf raise with a dumbbell. Standing calf raises are executed with one or both feet. They are frequently done on a raised surface with the heel lower than the toes to allow a greater stretch on the working muscles. The exercise is performed by raising the heel as far as possible.

4. Floor (gymnastics) - Wikipedia

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   The floor exercise (English abbreviation FX) is the event performed on the floor, in both women's and men's artistic gymnastics (WAG and MAG). The same floor is used for WAG FX and MAG FX, but rules and scoring differ; most obviously, a WAG FX routine is synchronised to a piece of recorded dance music , whereas MAG FX has no musical accompaniment .

5. Plyometrics - Wikipedia

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   Plyometrics, also known as jump training or plyos, are exercises in which muscles exert maximum force in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing power (speed-strength). This training focuses on learning to move from a muscle extension to a contraction in a rapid or "explosive" manner, such as in specialized repeated jumping. [1]

6. Leg raise - Wikipedia

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   Leg raise. The leg raise is a strength training exercise which targets the iliopsoas (the anterior hip flexors). Because the abdominal muscles are used isometrically to stabilize the body during the motion, leg raises are also often used to strengthen the rectus abdominis muscle and the internal and external oblique muscles.

7. Machine press - Wikipedia

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   A press brake bending a sheet of steel. A forming press, commonly shortened to press, is a machine tool that changes the shape of a work-piece by the application of pressure. [ 1 ] The operator of a forming press is known as a press-tool setter, often shortened to tool-setter. Presses can be classified according to.