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High-intensity training

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High-intensity training (HIT) is a form of strength training popularized in the 1970s by Arthur Jones, the founder of Nautilus. [1]

29 relations: Aerobic exercise, Anaerobic exercise, Arthur Jones (inventor), Body for Life, Cadence (gait), Casey Viator, Clarence Bass, Deadlift, Dorian Yates, Doug McGuff, Exercise, Gustav Zander, High-intensity interval training, Hypertrophy, Isometric exercise, Mark Dugdale, Mike Mentzer, Motor unit recruitment, Muscle tone, Nautilus, Inc., Negative repetition, Olympic weightlifting, Physical strength, Pulldown exercise, Ray Mentzer, Strength training, Stuart McRobert, Super Slow, Training to failure.

Aerobic exercise

Aerobic exercise (also known as cardio) is physical exercise of low to high intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process.

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Anaerobic exercise

Anaerobic exercise is a physical exercise intense enough to cause lactate to form.

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Arthur Jones (inventor)

Arthur Allen Jones (November 22, 1926 – August 28, 2007) was the founder of Nautilus, Inc. and MedX, Inc. and the inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines, including the Nautilus pullover, which was first sold in 1970.

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Body for Life

Body for Life (BFL) is a 12-week nutrition and exercise program, and also an annual physique transformation competition.

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Cadence (gait)

Cadence in sports involving running is the total number of full cycles taken within a given period of time, often expressed in steps or cycles per minute.

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Casey Viator

Casey Viator ir Casius Viatoro(September 4, 1951 – September 4, 2013) was an American professional bodybuilder.

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Clarence Bass

Clarence Bass (born 1937 in New Mexico) is an American writer, fitness expert, and retired lawyer.

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Deadlift

The deadlift is a weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell or bar is lifted off the ground to the level of the hips, then lowered to the ground.

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Dorian Yates

Dorian Andrew Mientjez Yates (born 19 April 1962) is an English former professional bodybuilder.

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Doug McGuff

Doug McGuff is a doctor, and weight lifter.

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Exercise

Exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.

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Gustav Zander

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High-intensity interval training

High-intensity interval training (HIIT), also called high-intensity intermittent exercise (HIIE) or sprint interval training (SIT), is a form of interval training, a cardiovascular exercise strategy alternating short periods of intense anaerobic exercise with less intense recovery periods, until too exhausted to continue.

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Hypertrophy

Hypertrophy (from Greek ὑπέρ "excess" + τροφή "nourishment") is the increase in the volume of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its component cells.

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Isometric exercise

Isometric exercise or isometrics are a type of strength training in which the joint angle and muscle length do not change during contraction (compared to concentric or eccentric contractions, called dynamic/isotonic movements).

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Mark Dugdale

Mark James Dugdale (born December 25, 1974) (age 43) is an American IFBB professional bodybuilder.

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Mike Mentzer

Mike Mentzer (November 15, 1951 – June 10, 2001) was an American IFBB professional bodybuilder, businessman, philosopher and author.

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Motor unit recruitment

Motor unit recruitment refers to the activation of additional motor units to accomplish an increase in contractile strength in a muscle.

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Muscle tone

In physiology, medicine, and anatomy, muscle tone (residual muscle tension or tonus) is the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, or the muscle's resistance to passive stretch during resting state.

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Nautilus, Inc.

Nautilus, Inc., located in Vancouver, Washington, United States, is the American worldwide marketer, developer, and manufacturer of home fitness equipment brands Bowflex, Nautilus, Schwinn Fitness, and Universal.

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Negative repetition

A negative repetition (negative rep) is the repetition of a technique in weight lifting in which the lifter performs the eccentric phase of a lift.

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Olympic weightlifting

Weightlifting, also called '''Olympic-style weightlifting''', or Olympic weightlifting, is an athletic discipline in the modern Olympic programme in which the athlete attempts a maximum-weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates.

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Physical strength

Physical strength is the measure of an animal's exertion of force on physical objects.

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Pulldown exercise

The pulldown exercise is a strength training exercise designed to develop the latissimus dorsi muscle.

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Ray Mentzer

Ray Mentzer (August 3, 1953 – June 12, 2001) was the brother of Mike Mentzer and winner of the 1979 AAU Mr. America competition.

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Strength training

Strength training is a type of physical exercise specializing in the use of resistance to induce muscular contraction which builds the strength, anaerobic endurance, and size of skeletal muscles.

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Stuart McRobert

Stuart McRobert (born 1958 in England) is a writer on strength training, best known as the founder and publisher of Hardgainer magazine.

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Super Slow

Super Slow is a form of strengthening physical exercise (resistance training) popularized by Ken Hutchins.

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Training to failure

In weight training, training to failure is repeating an exercise (such as the bench press) to the point of momentary muscular failure, i.e. the point where the neuromuscular system can no longer produce adequate force to overcome a specific workload.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_training

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