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Strength Training For Injury Prevention

PLT4M

Fatigue – Fatigue, which affects both the muscles and the central nervous system, also plays a vital role in strain injury. Continued loading of a fatiguing muscle will result in eventual mechanical failure, just like any other material. Strength training impacts bone, connective tissue, and muscles.

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Lift Your Mood: The Role of Physical Activity in Mental Health

Designs for Health

It may also modulate circulating levels of stress hormones and signaling factors related to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the autonomic nervous system, as commonly measured by the biomarkers cortisol and salivary -amylase. It has been shown to increase lean body mass and muscle strength in both male and female subjects.