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  2. Exercise | Definition, Types, Principles, & Health Effects

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    Exercise, the training of the body to improve its function and enhance its fitness. Exercise is a component of physical activity. A successful exercise program incorporates a number of general principles of physical conditioning. Such programs can greatly benefit health.

  3. Exercise Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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    EXERCISE meaning: 1 : physical activity that is done in order to become stronger and healthier often used before another noun; 2 : a particular movement or series of movements done to become stronger and healthier

  4. Exercise - Overall Conditioning, Cardiovascular Health, Strength...

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    The greatest benefit of a regular exercise program is an improvement in overall fitness. As discussed above, appropriate exercise improves muscular strength and endurance, body composition, flexibility, and cardiorespiratory endurance.

  5. exercise - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    Exercise is a way of keeping the body healthy through being active. Another name for exercise is physical fitness. Most people exercise in their spare time. Others have jobs that involve exercise. Sports are some of the most popular ways to get exercise.

  6. Thorndike’s law of exercise | psychology | Britannica

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    Also known as: law of exercise. Learn about this topic in these articles: formulation by Thorndike. In Edward L. Thorndike. The law of exercise stated that behaviour is more strongly established through frequent connections of stimulus and response.

  7. Overload | physiology | Britannica

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    In exercise: Overload. Overload, the second important principle, means that to improve any aspect of physical fitness the individual must continually increase the demands placed on the appropriate body systems. For example, to develop strength, progressively heavier objects must be lifted. Overload in running programs is achieved….

  8. exercise - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    The physical training of the human body to improve the way it functions is known as exercise. Exercise can be categorized as either active or passive. Exercise involving voluntary physical effort such as walking, swimming, bicycling, and jogging is known as active exercise. Passive exercise involves a machine or the action of another person.

  9. Power | Definition, Social Dynamics, Authority, Weber, Foucault...

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    Weber’s broad definition encompasses various types of power, from persuasion to coercion. It also includes exercises of power grounded in a claim to legitimacy (authority, or Herrschaft ) and exercises based on no such normative claim.

  10. Physical activity | Exercise, Health & Wellbeing | Britannica

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    Physical activity, any form of bodily movement that is produced by the contraction of skeletal muscle and therefore results in energy expenditure. Physical activity includes the complete spectrum of activity, from very low levels of energy expenditure to maximal exertion.

  11. exercise. aerobics, system of physical conditioning that increases the efficiency of the body’s intake of oxygen, thereby stimulating the cardiovascular system, developing endurance, and reducing body fat.