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  2. Fitness Testing: Assessments for Health and Job Qualifications

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    Takeaway. Fitness assessments consist of different types of tests and exercises used to determine your overall health and physical fitness level. These tests typically assess your strength ...

  3. Muscle Strain: Symptoms, Tests, and Treatment of ... - WebMD

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    When you tear or strain a muscle, it can damage small blood vessels, causing local bleeding or bruising. It also can cause pain due to irritation of nerve endings in the muscles. Symptoms of a ...

  4. Additionally, similar to other types of strength training, isokinetic exercise can also increase: muscle tone. strength. flexibility. balance. coordination. Strength training makes everyday ...

  5. 12 Benefits of Good Posture — and How to Maintain It

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    Bridges strengthen and engage your gluteal and abdominal muscles, so your body relies on them instead of stressing your lower back. Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor ...

  6. Ergonomics - Wikipedia

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    Ergonomics (or human factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design to optimize human well-being and overall system performance. Human factors engineering is relevant in the design ...

  7. Employee benefits - Wikipedia

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    Employee benefits in the United States include relocation assistance; medical, prescription, vision and dental plans; health and dependent care flexible spending accounts; retirement benefit plans (pension, 401 (k), 403 (b) ); group term life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans; income protection plans (also known ...

  8. Abdominal Muscles: Functions and How to Strengthen Them - WebMD

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    Put your hands on your thighs and slide them toward your knees, raising your head and shoulders off the ground. Obliques exercise. Lie on the floor as before. Raise your head and shoulders and try ...

  9. Cardiovascular Endurance: What It Is, and How to Improve It

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    To achieve cardiovascular endurance, you should exercise aerobically 30 minutes per day, 3 to 7 days per week. When you do aerobic exercise, your body responds in the following ways: Your heart ...