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  2. Super Slow - Wikipedia

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    Super Slow is Hutchins' trademarked name for the High intensity training approach advocated by Arthur Jones. It is based on ideas from the 1940s and 1960s called 10/10 "muscle contraction with measured movement" and implemented using fixed weight Nautilus machines. In more recent times, such "Time Under Load" ideas have seen a renaissance with ...

  3. Strength training - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Doug Nordquist - Wikipedia

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    After graduation he was coached by Jim Kiefer and competed for and Tiger International. He was a practitioner of Washington State's specialized weight training for high jumpers [8] He set his personal record of 2.36m while finishing second in a jumpoff at the USATF National Championships at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California on June 15 ...

  5. How strength training startup Ladder plans to more than ... - AOL

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    This all began five months ago—on July 8—when I stumbled upon a strength training app called Ladder, where users join one of 17 teams to get curated progressive overload training programs that ...

  6. Bob Hoffman (sports promoter) - Wikipedia

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    He founded magazines such as Muscular Development and Strength & Health, and was the manufacturer of a line of bodybuilding supplements. [3] Hoffman promoted bodybuilders like John Grimek and Sigmund Klein , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] coached the American Olympic Weightlifting Team between 1936 and 1968, [ 3 ] and was a founding member of the President's ...

  7. Muscle hypertrophy - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Power training - Wikipedia

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    Power training may also involve contrasting exercises such as heavy lifts and plyometrics, known as complex training, in an attempt to combine the maximal lifting exertions with dynamic movements. This combination of a high strength exercise with a high speed exercise may lead to an increased ability to apply power. Power training frequently ...

  9. High-intensity training - Wikipedia

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    High-intensity training (HIT) is a form of strength training popularized in the 1970s by Arthur Jones, the founder of Nautilus. The training focuses on performing quality weight training repetitions to the point of momentary muscular failure .