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A Comprehensive Approach To Exercise

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Publication date: Apr 20, 2009

Aerobic exercises typically use the body's larger muscle groups and get the heart rate up. Toning exercises focus on specific areas. Isotonic exercises are a type of these that involves shortening muscles against resistance, as with weight lifting. Isometric toning involves contracting the muscles against resistance, as in some Pilates exercises.

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