strength training
noun
: activities that make muscles stronger
going to the gym for strength training
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The fitness coach gained weight, mostly in her mid-section, despite strength training and eating healthily.
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 18 May 2026
The week-long experience focuses on strength training to increase muscle mass; the importance of nutrition (especially protein); and understanding the long-term effects and impacts of weight loss medications.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The actress then moved into strength training, filming herself lifting dumbbells while visibly sweating through the workout.
—Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
For him, that means taking 10,000 to 15,000 steps a day, strength training three to five times a week, and cardio twice a week, with each workout capped at around 80 minutes.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 15 May 2026
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 18 May 2026
The week-long experience focuses on strength training to increase muscle mass; the importance of nutrition (especially protein); and understanding the long-term effects and impacts of weight loss medications.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The actress then moved into strength training, filming herself lifting dumbbells while visibly sweating through the workout.
—Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
For him, that means taking 10,000 to 15,000 steps a day, strength training three to five times a week, and cardio twice a week, with each workout capped at around 80 minutes.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 15 May 2026
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strength training
noun
: a system of physical conditioning in which muscles are exercised by being worked against an opposing force (as by lifting weights) to increase strength
While everyone loses some muscle mass with age, a condition known as sarcopenia, it's possible to slow or even reverse that loss with regular strength training.—Food & Fitness Advisor
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