muscular strength

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muscular
adjective
uk
/ˈmʌs.kjə.lər/us
/ˈmʌs.kjə.lɚ/
related ...
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strength
noun
uk
/streŋθ/us
/streŋθ/
the ability to do things that need a lot of physical or ...
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(Definition ofmuscularandstrengthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The participant'smuscularstrengthor weakness in resisting to this force informs the instructor as to the participant's predispositions.
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This is especially the case as age produces physical changes in workers usingmuscularstrength, and stress symptoms of those carrying mental responsibilities.
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By increasingmuscularstrengthand improving balance, weight training can also reduce falls by elderly persons.
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Anaerobic strength training programs can increasemuscularstrength, power, and lean body mass.
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The physical limits ofmuscularstrengthof the internal thyroarytenoids or vocalis muscle are being approached.
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Creating propulsive force requires the use ofmuscularstrength, which uses far more energy.
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Thus, the patient can move the impaired side of their body, but with reducedmuscularstrength.
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Muscularstrengthdevelops and recedes over time because of necessity; one example of this is a baby learning to walk.
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With hydraulic flight control systems, the aircraft's size and performance are limited by economics rather than a pilot'smuscularstrength.
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Physically, older people experience a decline inmuscularstrength, reaction time, stamina, hearing, distance perception, and the sense of smell.
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The pack test is intentionally stressful as it tests the capacity ofmuscularstrengthand aerobic endurance of the firefighter.
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Over the short-term, strength training involving both eccentric and concentric contractions appear to increasemuscularstrengthmore than training with concentric contractions alone.
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Hismuscularstrengthof the foot was compared to that of a track-and-field athlete who can run 100m in ten seconds.
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The importance of consuming anti-estrogenic hormones is due to their effect in bone formation,muscularstrengthand a person's overall mood.
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The easy concept was found to help facilitate key components of exercise: cardiovascular endurance (aerobics),muscularstrength, muscular endurance, flexibility and body composition.
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The bluefin possesses enormousmuscularstrength, which it channels through a pair of tendons to its lunate shaped caudal fin for propulsion.
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Their performance calls for a unity of will and strength, i.e. using one's will to direct the exertion ofmuscularstrength.
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After 14 years of research he finally discovers alkaline radicals that vastly improvemuscularstrengthand the nervous discharge of energy.
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They had the appearance of greatmuscularstrength, and the colour of their skins was something between a brown and a copper colour.
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As the "hoplitodromos" was one of the shorter foot races, the heavy armor and shield was less a test of endurance than one of sheermuscularstrength.
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These clones have the same caustic greenish blood of the aliens, have greatermuscularstrengthand higher physical endurance levels than most normal humans, and can breathe underwater.
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Exercises are performed with a high level of effort, or intensity, where it is thought that it will stimulate the body to produce an increase inmuscularstrengthand size.
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When not on the river, the boys may make use of the ergo room and school gym on campus to increase their cardiovascular fitness, muscular endurance andmuscularstrength.
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The role of strength preparation is crucial not only for increasingmuscularstrength, which by itself provides an advantage, but also for developing the specific training effects of strength exercises.
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Unlike many voices of great size, it was not placement and projection alone, but an unusual depth andmuscularstrengthwhich seemed to shake the ground beneath the feet.
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