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Terminology
Strength training has a variety of specialized terms used to describe parameters
of strength training:
Exercise - different exercises involve moving joints in specific patterns to
challenge muscles in different ways
Form (exercise)
Form - each exercise has a specific form, a topography of movement designed to
maximize safety and muscle strength gains
Rep - short for repetition, a rep is a single cycle of lifting and lowering a
weight in a controlled manner, moving through the form of the exercise
Set - a set consists of several repetitions performed one after another with no
break between them with the number of reps per set and sets per exercise
depending on the goal of the individual
Tempo - the speed with which an exercise is performed; the tempo of a movement
has implications for the weight that can be moved and the effects on the muscle
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