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Jaw Clenching and Upper Body Training
Jaw clenching without a mouthguard can work as a strategy to enhance isometric muscle contraction in the upper body, according to a study.
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Changing Rest Intervals With Heavier Loads Increased Training Volume
By altering rest intervals, resistance trained men were able to increase weighted squat training volume by approximately 7%.
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Machine-Based and Free-Weight Training for Functional Aging
Programming tips to help seniors age not just with grace but with strength through free-weight training and machine-based training.
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Strength Training for Overweight Youth
Here’s some good news about the benefits of strength training for kids: it reduces body fat in children coping with overweight and obesity.
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Carbs for Weightlifting
Investigators did a comprehensive review of the literature on carbs for weightlifting and the impact on resistance training performance.
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Breast Cancer Survivors Benefit From Strength Training
Researchers in evaluated the benefits of endurance, resistance, or combined endurance and resistance training for breast cancer survivors.
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Athlete Diet Breaks
If you have clients who are following a rigid athlete diet, tell them that letting off the gas for a short time may do their bodies good.
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Keep the Lean Body Mass
Researchers found that higher volumes of resistance training with lower loads were better for female athletes for preserving lean body mass.
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Strength Training for Youth
If you train kids, are you including youth strength training? Researchers share evidence-based benefits of training as early as age 5–7.
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Strength Training for Weight Loss
According to a research, strength training is effective for helping individuals with overweight or obesity with weight loss.
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Lift Weights for Better Sleep Quality
According to research, resistance training may be superior for sleep quality improvement than aerobic exercise or a combined weight/cardio workout.
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Longevity and Strength Training
People who did 30–60 minutes of resistance training per week had increased longevity with a 10%–20% lower risk of early death.
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Muscle Fiber Types and Training
Experts debate whether and how muscle fiber types can be shifted through training. And training matters, according to a review study.
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Older Women and Weight Training
In a study on older women and weight training, researchers found that participants experienced more pleasure with moderate-level resistance.
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Lifting for Muscular Hypertrophy
This article provides you with the evidence-based tools to help clients make a strong start in increasing muscular hypertrophy.
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The Ultimate Guide to Resistance Training Techniques
This article will highlight 10 advanced resistance training techniques that improve muscular fitness, strength and mass.
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Isometric Training Can Help With Hypertension
Isometric resistance training is useful, safe and effective as an adjunct therapy for people with hypertension.
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5 Most Popular Articles in 2021
What piqued reader interest this past year? Here we recap our top 5 popular articles that received the most reads in 2021!
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Strength Training and Weight Loss
A study links strength training and weight loss, finding that people lost on average 1.4% of total fat mass from resistance training alone.
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Loaded Movement 101
Studying biological and morphological behaviors reveals key basic adaptations inherent in the human body. Namely, changing postures and taking on external loads are critical to our health and survival.
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