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Isometric Exercise is one of many ways of loading the muscle. It loads muscle in one joint position so the motive torque equals to the resistance torque and no movement results.Individuals have demonstrated moderate strength gains using isometric exercises, and power lifters may use heavy resistance isometric training to enhance muscle size. Isometric exercise is also used in rehabilitation and with the unconditioned individual since it is easier to perform than the concentric exercise. The major problem associated with isometric exercise is that there is minimal transfer to the real world since most of our activities involve eccentric and concentric muscle actions. Further, the isometric exercise only enhances the strength of the muscle group at the joint angle in which the stress is stressed, thereby limiting the strength development throughout the whole range of motion. Click here to see Isometric Exercises (Flash 4).
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