isotonic exercise
Americannoun
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exercise or a program of exercises to increase muscular strength, power, and endurance based on lifting a constant amount of weight at variable speeds through a range of motion.
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any specific exercise of this type.
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By this immobile contraction, its adherents claim, nearly 100% of the muscle's thousands of hairlike fibers are stimulated�as compared with the mere 50% to 60% involved in isotonic exercise.
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