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Muscular Strength: Benefits, Exercises, and More - Healthline

Muscular strength helps you maintain a healthy body weight by burning calories and enhancing your body composition, which is the ratio between fat and muscle. Building strength may also boost mood ...

10 Health Benefits of Strength Training That Are Backed by Science

According to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) position stand on Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults, the available scientific evidence suggests that strength training may increase HDL cholesterol by 8% to 21%, decrease LDL cholesterol by 13% to 23%, and reduce triglycerides by 11% to 18%. 7.

Health-Related Fitness Measures for Youth: Flexibility

Flexibility as a component of fitness first gained prominence in the early 1900s as the field of physical therapy emerged (Linker, 2011). Later in that century, circumstances (i.e., two world wars and a polio epidemic) provided further impetus for growth in the professions of occupational and physical therapy and a rise in schools for preparing therapists. In 1980 the first health-related ...

5 ways to fitness test for muscular strength - Fitness Health

Tense your abs, sit up straight and use your legs to drive you until they're extended. Pull the handle to your ribs and lean back slightly at the same time. Then lean forward, bend your knees and extend your arms as you roll forward to the start position. Results: Less than 2 mins = Excellent. 2-3 mins = Good.