isometrics

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isometrics - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  isometric exercise \i`so*met"ric ex"er*cise\, n.
     A system of exercise to strengthen specific muscles of the
     body by pushing parts of the body (such as the two hands)
     strongly against each other, or against a fixed object, so
     that the muscles are strongly stressed, but are stretched
     only a little. It is claimed to produce strength in the
     muscles thus exercised. Also called isometrics.
     [PJC]

  isometrics \i`so*met"rics\, n.
     Same as isometric exercise.
     [PJC]

isometrics - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  isometrics
      n 1: muscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding
           exercises) involving muscular contractions against
           resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the
           length of the muscle does not change) [syn: isometrics,
           isometric exercise]