Strength and conditioning (fitness)

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The study of how to improve physical performance through strength training, aerobic exercise, and other forms of conditioning.

Anatomy and Physiology: The study of the structure and function of the human body, and how it responds to exercise.
Biomechanics: The study of the mechanical principles that govern human movement, and how to optimize movement efficiency and reduce injury risk.
Exercise Physiology: The study of how the body responds to exercise, including the cardiovascular, respiratory, and musculoskeletal systems.
Nutrition: The study of how food affects the body, and how to optimize nutrition for performance and health.
Strength Training: The use of resistance exercises to increase muscle strength, power, and endurance.
Cardiovascular Training: The use of exercises that elevate heart rate to improve the cardiovascular system, including aerobic and anaerobic training.
Functional Training: The use of exercises that mimic real-life movement patterns to improve everyday activities and reduce injury risk.
Flexibility and Mobility: The use of stretching and mobility exercises to improve joint range of motion and overall flexibility.
Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation: The use of exercises and techniques to reduce injury risk and rehabilitate existing injuries.
Periodization: The strategic planning of training programs to optimize performance and prevent overtraining.
- "Strength training or resistance training involves the performance of physical exercises that are designed to improve strength and endurance."
- "It is often associated with the lifting of weights."
- "It can also incorporate a variety of training techniques such as bodyweight exercises, isometrics, and plyometrics."
- "Training works by progressively increasing the force output of the muscles and uses a variety of exercises and types of equipment."
- "Strength training is primarily an anaerobic activity, although circuit training also is a form of aerobic exercise."
- "Strength training can increase muscle, tendon, and ligament strength as well as bone density, metabolism, and the lactate threshold; improve joint and cardiac function; and reduce the risk of injury in athletes and the elderly."
- "It can reduce the risk of injury in athletes and the elderly."
- "Strength training can increase... bone density."
- "Strength training can increase... metabolism."
- "Strength training can increase... the lactate threshold."
- "Strength training can improve joint... function."
- "Strength training can improve... cardiac function."
- "Strength training is central or is used as part of their training regimen."
- "It can also incorporate a variety of training techniques such as bodyweight exercises."
- "Strength training... reduce[s] the risk of injury in athletes and the elderly."
- "Strength training... reduce[s] the risk of injury in athletes and the elderly."
- "Training works by progressively increasing the force output of the muscles."
- "Strength training... exercises that are designed to improve strength and endurance."
- "Strength training can increase muscle, tendon, and ligament strength."
- "Training works by progressively increasing the force output of the muscles and uses a variety of exercises and types of equipment."