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Callah Stage 1 Fit 18 Posts
12/26/2009 5:36:08 PM | Everything that everybody said is great but I want to add that resistance exercise is part of strength training. There are four types of strength training: • Weight training • Resistance training • Isometric training • Integrated training Strength training is applying some kind of resistance to your natural muscular contractions in order to build up strength and endurance. This form of exercise builds mass, increases your metabolism, and also tones and firms up your muscles giving you a much leaner look. Although strength training is an anaerobic activity, some of the disciplines have been adapted into circuit training which combines the benefits of both strength training and aerobic exercise. Weight lifting is the most common form of strength training and can include the use of free weights, wrist or ankle weights, machines, elastic bands, body weight – or anything else that can offer some form of resistance – even cans of corns.
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8/31/2009 4:14:40 PM | You are correct! That's the only difference. The machine forces you into the correct form.
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Walter Newbie 1 Posts
8/31/2009 3:47:20 PM | I did a bit of looking around. To my untrained eye, the machine bench press http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/viewanexercise.asp?exercise=Machine+Bench+Press(Vertical+Press)&table=exercises&ID=102 looks basically identical to the chair bench press http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/viewanexercise.asp?exercise=Chair+Bench+Press+(Elastic+Band)&table=exercises&ID=78 The only difference appears to be the source of the resistance, i.e. lever versus band. Is that correct.
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8/30/2009 7:42:49 PM | Hi Walter,
Resistance Exercises are exercises that use resistance such as dumbbells, machines, barbells, body weight, etc. We have a complete list of resistance exercises
This is a good beginner program which will help reduce your HDL/LDL will be this one with a few modifications:
Dont do bench press (use your machines that you have in your gym: vertical press). Also use your leg press machine not the squats that are in the program.
You need to start educating yourself on all the lingo so please browse throughout this site.
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