strength training

Also known as resistance training, weight training

performance of physical exercises designed to improve strength

Research

75,380 papers

The Importance of Muscular Strength: Training Considerations.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018
Adaptations to Endurance and Strength Training.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2018
[Strength training in children and adolescents: benefits, risks and recommendations].Archivos argentinos de pediatria · 2018
Brief Review: Effects of Isometric Strength Training on Strength and Dynamic Performance.International journal of sports medicine · 2019
Resistance training is medicine: effects of strength training on health.Current sports medicine reports · 2012

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A gym where various forms of strength training are being practiced. From left: overhead presses, battle ropes, planking, and kettlebell raises.

Strength training, also known as weight training or resistance training, is exercise designed to improve physical strength. It may involve lifting weights, bodyweight exercises (e.g., push-ups, pull-ups, and squats), isometrics (holding a position under tension, like planks), and plyometrics (explosive movements like jump squats and box jumps).