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Episode #164: Exercise Variation

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How to Get Humans to Contract Their Muscles in Different Ways

Exercise variation is based on the principle of specificity. The similarity between one movement and another determines its specificity. Running and cycling have similar amounts of active muscle mass, but are not really related. Virstas said a whole hour exercise programme would be an example of low variation.

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