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Resistance Training : Principles, Adaptations & Health Effects Paperback / softback
Edited by Zachary T. Fields
Paperback / softback
Description
Resistance exercise is characterized by a voluntary muscle contraction of a body segment against an external resistance.
It generates a number of effects on body composition, in particular muscle hypertrophy.
In this book, Chapter One studies the effects of resistance and aerobic training on obesity, a worldwide epidemic with an alarming high prevalence.
Chapter Two shows the effectiveness of resistance training on three diseases with rheumatic features.
Chapter Three summarizes findings from a university-community-based resistance training program (with information sessions and social gatherings) that was designed for older people.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:125 pages
- Publisher:Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Publication Date:01/09/2016
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- ISBN:9781634856539
Information
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:125 pages
- Publisher:Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Publication Date:01/09/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781634856539