Using an isometric dynamometer, which measures limb strength, participants did one three-second bicep contraction using their dominant arm either two days a week or three days a week for four weeks.

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Isometric exercises like wall sits, planks, and glute bridges hold the body in one position for a set period of time. Muscles are contracted and engaged, but they don’t lengthen during the exercise.