Research Notes on Strength Training
Strength training is the use of resistance to build muscle. The most common types of strength training are use of gravity and resistance training.
5 Great Resources on Strength Training
- Georgia State University: Strength Training
- Wikipedia: Strength Training
- KidsHealth: Strength Training
- ShapeFit: Strength Training - Workouts For Size & Strength!
- UpToDate: Patient information: Exercise
What is Strength Training?
- eMedicineHealth: What Is Strength Training?
- HealthNetwork: What Strength Training Is
- Mayo Clinic: Improve your Muscular Fitness
- FitnessAndResults: What is strength training?
- WellBridge: What is a Functional Exercise?
What Are The Uses for Strength Training?
- ReadersDigest: The Importance of Strength Training
- Center for Advancement of Health: Strength Training may help elderly rebuild muscles, improve health
- InternetFitness: Benefits of Strength Training
- Centers for Disease Control: Why Strength Training?
- Longfellow Club: Benefits of Strength Training
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Strength Training?
- StrengthCats: Strength Training: Safety Precautions and Basic Gym Safety
- SpineUniverse: Strength Training Safety for Kids
- Swedish.org: A Safety Checkup for Your Strength-training Routine
- Mayo Clinic: Strength training: OK for kids when done correctly
- AmericanFitness: Strength Training Guidelines for Children
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Strength Training
- StreetWorkout: Strength Training Using Your Bodyweight, Is It Possible?
- StrongLifts: Strength Training For Older Adults
- AgeNotes: The Aging Process can be Slowed with Strength Training
- Families: What Can You Do Right Now? (Strength Training)
Clinical Trials for Strength Training
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Strength Training Trials
- NCPAD: A randomized clinical trial of strength training in young people with cerebral palsy
- PTJournal: Effects of Task-Specific Locomotor and Strength Training in Adults
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Strength Training
- HealthBoards: Easy exercises for building core strength (for beginners)
- HealthBoards: Question about weight loss and strength training
- eHealthForum: Strengh Training Not Losing Weight
- eHealthForum: Burning Fat
- iVillage: Should I do cardio or strength training first?
Controversy and Lawsuits about Strength Training
- Educated Sports Parent: Youth Strength Training
- Physician Sports Medicine: Strength Training for Children and Adolescents
- CoachR: Strength Training For Women: Some Hormonal Considerations
- TKohl: Resistance Training during Preadolescence: Issues, Controversies, and Recommendations
- 1SpeedTraining: Aerobic Vs Anaerobic Training
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Strength Training
- JAMA: Strength Training Articles
- PubMedCentral: Strength Training
- GerontologyJournals: The effect of strength and endurance training on gait, balance, fall risk, and health services use in community-living older adults
- Journal of Physiology: Human muscle strength training: the effects of three different regimens and the nature of the resultant changes.
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- Contributor: Chris Miller
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
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- Last update: Jul. 31, 2008
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