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Resistance Training

Known as: Training, Strength, strength train, Strength Training 
A type of strength-building exercise program that requires the body muscle to exert a force against some form of resistance, such as weight, stretch… 
National Institutes of Health

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Weight-Bearing Strengthening ProgramWeight-Lifting Strengthening Program

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Gender-related changes in body composition, muscle strength and power output after a short-term multidisciplinary weight loss intervention in morbid obesity
Obese men and women have notably different body composition, which contributes to a different functional motor impairment, but it… 
2005
2005
Low Intensity Training for Frail Elderly Women: Long-term Effects on Motor Function and Mobility
The effects of a low intensity training programme for 12 months on motor functions and mobility of institutionalized elderly… 
2004
2004
The effect of unilateral isokinetic strength training on local adipose and muscle tissue morphology, thickness, and enzymes
SummaryOne-leg exercise of 5 weeks duration in 10 healthy middleaged women resulted in a significant increment of muscle force in… 
2004
2004
Improvement in volitional tests of muscle function alone may not be adequate evidence that inspiratory muscle training is effective
In 1976 Leith and Bradley 1 generated the hypothesis that the inspiratory muscles, like other muscles, could be trained. In the… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Strength training and nutritional supplement use in adolescents.
The "win at all costs" mentality is becoming increasingly common in youth sports, and young athletes are often looking for… 
1997
1997
Older adults' experiences of a strength training program.
Despite the recognized benefits of strength training in preventing physical and functional decline among older adults, little… 
1993
1993
Muscle ultrastructure after strength training with placebo or anabolic steroid.
The influence of strength training on muscle fiber area, capillary ultrastructure, and capillary supply was studied in… 
1985
1985
Strength training effect in young and aged women.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Left ventricular size following endurance, sprint, and strength training.
Left ventricular size following endurance, sprint, and strength training. Med. Sci. Sports Exercise, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 344-347… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Physiologic effects on adult men of circuit strength training and jogging.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of 8 weeks of circuit strength training (CST) followed by 8 weeks of… 
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