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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIME)
1958:
Nuri as-Said became the Prime Minister of Iraq for the 14th time.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuri_as-Said)
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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
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell)