Weight training can be the most effective technique for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. As well as providing functional benefits, this can result in a more attractive physique and improve overall health and wellbeing. The technique involves progressively lifting increasing amounts of weight, and includes a variety of exercises and items of equipment to target specific muscle groups. It is an anaerobic form of exercise. Weight training has become the best-known form of resistance training, which is in turn the best-known form of strength training. It should not be confused with bodybuilding, weightlifting or powerlifting—even though these also involve the lifting of weights—because they are sports rather than forms of exercise.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1431: Gabriel Condulmer became Pope Eugenius IV. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Eugenius_IV)
1878: By the Treaty of San Stefano, Bulgaria regained independence from the Ottoman Empire and became an autonomous principality. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bulgaria)
1918: Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central Powers and exited from World War I. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk)
1923: The first issue of TIME, a newsmagazine founded by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, was published. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIME)
1958: Nuri as-Said became the Prime Minister of Iraq for the 14th time. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuri_as-Said)
_____________________ Wikiquote of the day:
"Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something you have never seen before." -- Alexander Graham Bell (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell)