What is Strength Training?

Strength training is a wide term it consists of many other terms such as Weight Training and Resistance Training. So in order to explain strength training, let us first see what resistance and weight training is.

Resistance Training is the broadest of all the three terms. It describes any type of training in which the body must move in some direction against some type of force which resists that movement. This could include lifting free weights, pushing against a hydraulic apparatus, or running up a set of stairs.

Strength training is a type of resistance training (although, not all resistance training types can be counted as strength training). Specifically, strength training refers to any type of training that involves the body moving in some direction against a force that specifically induces changes in muscle strength or muscle growth. This includes free weights, weight machines, hydraulic machines, pneumatic machines and body-weight training.

Weight Training can be a type of resistance or strength training. But in specific terms, it is a type of training in which the body moves in some direction against a force that resists that movement and is supplied by some type of weight. This includes only free weights and weight machines.