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2. 10 Total-Body Strength Exercises That Are Crucial After 40 - AOL

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   Pieroni dubs the plank "a serious full-body isometric exercise." She explains, "Planks have been proven to strengthen your core, shoulders, upper back, and lower body.

3. Isometric exercise - Wikipedia

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   The 'plank' is a type of isometric hold which can intensively activate the body's core musculature. The 'side plank' is a variation designed to strengthen the oblique muscles . An isometric exercise is an exercise involving the static contraction of a muscle without any visible movement in the angle of the joint.

4. Calisthenics - Wikipedia

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   School children perform sit-ups, a common type of calisthenic, during a school fitness day.. Calisthenics (American English) or callisthenics (British English) (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ s ˈ θ ɛ n ɪ k s /) is a form of strength training that utilizes an individual's body weight as resistance to perform multi-joint, compound movements with little or no equipment.

5. Plank (exercise) - Wikipedia

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   A study in British Journal of Sports Medicine of 270 trials found that isometric exercises which involve engaging muscles without movement, such as wall sits and planks, were more effective than other types of exercise for reducing blood pressure.

6. Blood pressure is best lowered by 2 exercises, study finds - AOL

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   Isometric exercises can be done with weights or without, just relying on the body’s own weight. “Overall, isometric exercise training is the most effective mode in reducing both systolic and ...

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