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exercise
(redirected from isometric exercise)

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exercise: see physical fitness physical fitness, combined good health and physical development. The object of any program of physical fitness is to maximize an individual's health, strength, endurance, and skill relative to age, sex, body build, and physiology.
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exercise

Training of the body to improve health and fitness. Different types have different purposes, including aerobics for heart and respiratory function and weight loss, weight-bearing exercise for bone strength, weight training for muscle strength, and stretching for flexibility. Specific exercises are used in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Benefits include lower blood pressure, higher HDL cholesterol, improved disease resistance, and better general well-being.
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Dissociation between metabolic and contractile responses during intermittent isometric exercise in man.
Low-frequency fatigue by Binder-Macleod, Stuart A. / Physical Therapy
People who use the remote control for isometric exercise (and that's just about everybody, and certainly every single male with power in his wrists) flip from channel to channel and see women's TV, black TV, Spanish TV, men's TV, kids' TV, military buffs' TV, and now--gay TV.
Everygay people by Vilanch, Bruce / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Strengthening can be done through isometric exercises -- a muscle contraction with no motion.
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