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2. Leg press - Wikipedia

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   Cable leg press machine. 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 ...

3. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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   The leg press is performed while seated by pushing a weight away from the body with the feet. It is a compound exercise that also involves the glutes and, to a lesser extent, the hamstrings and the calves. Overloading the machine can result in serious injury if the sled moves uncontrollably towards the trainer. [3] Equipment Leg press machine.

4. Calisthenics - Wikipedia

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   Leg raises; Lying on the back, hands in fists under buttocks, move feet up and down. L-sit; The L-sit is an acrobatic body position in which all body weight rests on the hands, with the torso held in a slightly forward-leaning orientation, with legs held horizontally so that each leg forms a nominal right-angle with the torso.

5. Isometric exercise - Wikipedia

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   Falken Verlag, Niedernhausen im Taunus 1990, (ISBN 3-8068-0529-6). Theodor Hettinger, Isometrisches Muskeltraining. 6. Auflage. ecomed, Landsberg am Lech 1993, (ISBN 3-609-64870-8). Victor Obeck, Isometric. Neu übersetzte Auflage. Scherz, Bern 1980, OCLC 164662767 (anglais: How to Exercise Without Moving a Muscle). James Hewitt, Isometrics for ...

6. Leg raise - Wikipedia

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   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. Split weight training - Wikipedia

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   Split weight training, also known as split routine, or split workout routine, is a type of exercise workout routine. It is a workout regimen where different muscle groups are targeted on separate days, rather than exercising the entire body in a single session.