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What is a repetition in weight training terms?
A repetition (or rep) is a single time that you do a specific exercise from start to finish. For example, if you are doing a squat: lowering your body until your thighs are parallel to the floor,...
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What is resistance in weight training terms?
Resistance is essentially the amount of weight you are lifting during a resistance/weight training workout. Higher-resistance routines will involve more weight and usually fewer repetitions, while...
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What are the short-term responses to weight training?
The only short-term response to proper weight training that you are likely to notice is DOMS (delayed onset muscular soreness), which you will probably experience a day or two after training. (To...
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What is a free weight in weight training?
A free weight is one that is not attached to a machine, cable, etc. This essentially means barbells and dumbells. These types of weights are more effective for strength gains.
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What is weight training?
a type of strength training that helps develop the strength and the size of skeletal muscles