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2. Strength training - Wikipedia

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   Identified from left to right, the exercises are: overhead presses, battle ropes, planking, and kettlebell raises. Strength training, also known as weight training or resistance training, involves the performance of physical exercises that are designed to improve strength and endurance. It is often associated with the lifting of weights.

3. Metabolic equivalent of task - Wikipedia

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   The metabolic equivalent of task (MET) is the objective measure of the ratio of the rate at which a person expends energy, relative to the mass of that person, while performing some specific physical activity compared to a reference, currently set by convention at an absolute 3.5 mL of oxygen per kg per minute, which is the energy expended when sitting quietly by a reference individual, chosen ...

4. Functional training - Wikipedia

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   Functional training attempts to adapt or develop exercises which allow individuals to perform the activities of daily life more easily and without injuries. [2] While completing a functional training activity, the body consumes more oxygen, 1 liter for about every 5 calories of energy burned when more muscles are used.

5. 10 "pull" exercises to strengthen your arms and back - AOL

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   Hammer curl. Stand with your feet hips-width apart. Hold a dumbbell in each hand with your arms at your sides and your palms and fingers facing in toward your body. Lift both dumbbells up toward ...

6. Step aerobics - Wikipedia

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   Step aerobics, also known as bench aerobics and step training, [1] is a form of aerobic exercise that involves stepping on and off a small platform. Step aerobics was studied by physiologists in the 1980s, and in 1990 it swiftly grew in popularity in the U.S. as a style of health club exercise, largely because of promotion by Reebok of the Step ...

7. Benefits of physical activity - Wikipedia

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   Obesity is a complex disease that affects whole-body metabolism and is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Physical exercise results in numerous health benefits and is an important tool to combat obesity and its co-morbidities, including cardiovascular diseases. Exercise prevents both the ...