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Muscle-strengthening activities are activities that make teenagers' muscles do more work than what is usually done in their daily lives. These activities use the major muscle groups and improve or maintain teenagers' muscle strength, flexibility and balance. Muscle-strengthening activities should make muscles tire.
Muscle-strengthening activities can include climbing stairs, lifting or carrying shopping, doing sit-ups, weight training, Pilates, yoga or similar resistance exercises with exercise bands, weight machines or hand-held weights.