{"id":805,"date":"2018-11-19T07:05:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T07:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/?p=805"},"modified":"2018-11-16T16:10:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:10:49","slug":"what-are-strengthening-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/2018\/11\/what-are-strengthening-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"What are strengthening exercises?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Exercise is one of the most helpful things you can do to improve pain and general well-being. The worldwide recommendation is to do 2 strengthening exercise sessions per week involving all major muscle groups. This includes legs, hips, back, chest, abdomen, shoulders and arms. One set of 8-12 repetitions is effective though you may benefit even more from 2-3 sets. You should allow at least 48 hours to recover between strength training sessions.<\/p>\n
Strengthening exercises include ball games, racket sports, dance, Nordic walking, exercises using your body weight or lifting weights. Examples of exercises using body weight are press-ups, squats, planks and lunges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Exercise is one of the most helpful things you can do to improve pain and general well-being. The worldwide recommendation is to do 2 strengthening exercise sessions per week involving all major muscle groups. This includes legs, hips, back, chest, abdomen, shoulders and arms. One set of 8-12 repetitions is effective though you may benefit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[29],"tags":[18,19,55],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/crossfit-534615_640.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n