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2. Drop set - Wikipedia

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   Drop sets and the technique also go by the names breakdowns, burnouts, descending sets, triple-drops (when a total of three different weights are used), down the rack or running the rack (when using dumbbells), up the stack (because with a weight machine, the pin is moved up the stack of plates with each drop in weight), strip sets (when you ...

3. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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   If a weight is used, then it rests upon the shoulders, or is held in the hand(s). This is an isolation exercise for the calves; it particularly emphasises the gastrocnemius muscle, and recruits the soleus muscle. [6] Equipment Body weight, dumbbells, barbell, Smith machine or standing calf raise machine. Major variants

4. Dumbbell - Wikipedia

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   Shown to the right is a "spinlock" dumbbell, whose ends are threaded to accept large nuts as collars. Alternatively, a dumbbell may have smooth ends with plates being secured by a sprung collar. Plate-loaded (adjustable) dumbbells (a.k.a. loadable dumbbells) Spin-lock; Spring collar clips; Compression ring collar; Ironmaster quick-lock

5. 12 Dumbbell Workouts That Build Strength and Muscle - AOL

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   The handheld weights are easier to wrangle than the long, rigid, heavy barbells that populate bench press stations and squat racks in gyms, but they're also sturdy enough to lifted, swung, carried ...

6. Thomas Inch - Wikipedia

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   Inch is known for his Thomas Inch dumbbell, also known as '172' or the 'unliftable' challenge dumbbell. The iconic dumbbell weighs 172 lbs and 9 oz. (78 1 ⁄ 4 kg) and is extremely difficult to lift, partly due to its sheer weight, but primarily because of its thick handle of 2 3 ⁄ 8 " (6.03 cm) in diameter, making it difficult to hold on to ...

7. Strength training - Wikipedia

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   Commonly used equipment for resistance training include free weights—including dumbbells, barbells, and kettlebells—weight machines, and resistance bands. [43] Resistance can also be generated by inertia in flywheel training instead of by gravity from weights, facilitating variable resistance throughout the range of motion and eccentric ...

8. Bench press - Wikipedia

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   The bench press or chest press is a weight training exercise where a person presses a weight upwards while lying horizontally on a weight training bench. The bench press is a compound movement , with the primary muscles involved being the pectoralis major , the anterior deltoids , and the triceps brachii .

9. Power rack - Wikipedia

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   A power rack (also known as a power cage, squat cage or squat rack) is a piece of weight training equipment that functions as a mechanical spotter for free weight barbell exercises without the movement restrictions imposed by equipment such as the Smith machine. Its general design is four upright posts with two adjustable horizontal bar catches ...