strength training
noun
: activities that make muscles stronger
going to the gym for strength training
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Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 25 June 2024
Here’s a beginner’s guide to strength training, according to fitness experts.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 17 June 2024
Research has shown that moves that combine endurance and strength training, such as wall balls, help burn fat.
—Gabrielle Kassel, Health, 14 June 2024
Barre is a combination of yoga, Pilates, ballet and some strength training, Moen said.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
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Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 25 June 2024
Here’s a beginner’s guide to strength training, according to fitness experts.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 17 June 2024
Research has shown that moves that combine endurance and strength training, such as wall balls, help burn fat.
—Gabrielle Kassel, Health, 14 June 2024
Barre is a combination of yoga, Pilates, ballet and some strength training, Moen said.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
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strength training
noun
: a system of physical conditioning in which muscles are exercised by being worked against an opposing force (as by lifting weights) to increase strength
While everyone loses some muscle mass with age, a condition known as sarcopenia, it's possible to slow or even reverse that loss with regular strength training.—Food & Fitness Advisor
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