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Types of Strength Training
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Deadlift
A compound exercise where you lift a loaded barbell or bar off the ground to the level of the hips, before placing the weight back down. Works the glutes, lower back, and hamstrings.
Leg Press
A compound lower-body exercise where you push a weight away from your body using your legs. Mainly targets quadriceps, hamstrings, and gluteus maximus.
Bench Press
Upper-body weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight upwards while lying on a bench. The primary muscles worked are the pectorals (chest), triceps, and deltoids.
Pull-up
An upper-body strength exercise where you hang from a bar and pull yourself up until your chin is over the bar, working the latissimus dorsi and biceps.
Tricep Dip
An upper-body strength exercise where you lift your body by straightening your arms on parallel bars or a bench, primarily targeting the triceps.
Bicep Curl
An arm exercise where you lift weights towards your shoulders by bending the elbow. It primarily targets the biceps brachii.
Hammer Curl
A bicep curl variation where the palms face each other while lifting the weights. It targets the biceps brachii and brachioradialis.
Bent-over Row
An upper-body strength exercise where you bend over and pull a weight towards your torso. It works the latissimus dorsi, rhomboids, and biceps.
Calf Raise
An exercise in which you raise your heels by pushing through the balls of your feet, primarily working the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles in the calves.
Overhead Press
An exercise where a weight is pressed straight upwards from the shoulders until the arms are locked out overhead, primarily working the deltoids and triceps.
Plank
A core strength exercise where you hold your body off the ground in a straight line, resembling a plank. The primary muscles worked are the rectus abdominis and transverse abdominis.
Russian Twist
A core exercise where you sit on the ground with knees bent, lean back slightly, and twist the torso from side to side, mainly targeting the obliques.
Squat
A lower body exercise where you lower your hips from a standing position and then stand back up. Primary muscles worked are quadriceps, hamstrings, and gluteus maximus.
Shoulder Shrug
A strength exercise where you elevate your shoulders towards your ears, primarily working the trapezius muscles in the upper back and neck.
Lunge
A single-leg bodyweight exercise that works the legs and glutes by stepping forward into a kneeling position and then back to a standing position.
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