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  2. 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 ...

  3. Kinesiology - Wikipedia

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    Kinesiology addresses physiological, anatomical, biomechanical, pathological, neuropsychological principles and mechanisms of movement. Applications of kinesiology to human health include biomechanics and orthopedics ; strength and conditioning ; sport psychology ; motor control ; skill acquisition and motor learning ; methods of rehabilitation ...

  4. Your Body Never Forgets Muscle. So Here's How Long It ... - AOL

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    Replace lost strength entirely. “Your neural pathways might be intact, but muscle tissue itself is expensive for the body to maintain,” says Rothstein. In other words, your body burns a lot of ...

  5. Progressive overload - Wikipedia

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    Progressive overload is a method of strength training and hypertrophy training that advocates for the gradual increase of the stress placed upon the musculoskeletal and nervous system. [1] The principle of progressive overload suggests that the continual increase in the total workload during training sessions will stimulate muscle growth and ...

  6. Velocity based training - Wikipedia

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    Velocity based training has a wide range of use cases and applications in strength and conditioning. These include barbell sports such as powerlifting [ 3 ] and Olympic weightlifting and Crossfit , as well as rock climbing [ 4 ] .Velocity based training is widely adopted across professional sporting clubs, [ 5 ] with the data supporting many ...

  7. Sports periodization - Wikipedia

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    The roots of periodization come from Hans Selye's model, known as the General adaptation syndrome (GAS). The GAS describes three basic stages of response to stress: (a) the Alarm stage, involving the initial shock of the stimulus on the system, (b) the Resistance stage, involving the adaptation to the stimulus by the system, and (c) the Exhaustion stage, in that repairs are inadequate, and a ...

  8. Aerobics - Wikipedia

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    Formal aerobics classes are divided into different levels of intensity and complexity and will have five components: warm-up (5–10 minutes), cardiovascular conditioning (25–30 minutes), muscular strength and conditioning (10–15 minutes), cool-down (5–8 minutes) and stretching and flexibility (5–8 minutes).

  9. Lawsuit filed against 2 dogs: Why they are defendants in a ...

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    The good news: "The Defendant Dogs" are getting rehab and veterinary care from a contractor while in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service, the complaint says.