Effects of exercise with light hand weights on strength.
In order to determine if running with light hand weights elicits an increase in strength, 20 male runners trained at their normal training routine for an &week period while carrying either no weights or weights incremented to 1.36 kilograms per hand. Peak torque measurements of the shoulder and elbow flexor and extensor muscles were measured using an isokinetic dynamometer prior to and following the 8-week exercise period. The results indicated no significant changes in any of these parameters between or within subjects at any of the time periods. The results suggest that running while carrying light hand weights for a 8-week period resulted in no greater stimulus for increasing strength than running without the weights. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 1987;8(11):533-536.
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