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7 Principles of Exercise Selection

  • Choosing the right exercises for your workouts is crucial to avoid being weak, injury-prone, and lacking muscle mass.
  • There are many exercises available, each with variations, making it difficult to choose the best one for specific goals.
  • Using objective criteria to evaluate exercises can help in selecting the most effective option for a given purpose, such as comparing different triceps exercises.
  • The principles mentioned provide a framework for evaluating and selecting exercises but represent only a subset of all possible criteria.

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