What is strength training?

What is strength training?

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Strength training can include weight lifting; that's one mode of strength training. It also can be bands and ball exercises, tubes, cables and things of that sort as well. So, strength training is anything that places a load on the working muscles - the skeletal muscles - to increase their strength and performance, and potentially hypertrophy, which is growth of the muscle.