![]() In the twelfth century, the Bhuddist monk, Bodhidharma, developed a series of twelve basic tensing exercises, the Yi Jin Jing, which he brought from India and introduced to the monks of the Shaolin Temple in China. In the Orient, self-resistance exercise has been practiced in the martial arts and in yoga for centuries. ![]() Thus, isometric contraction means tensing the muscle without the muscle itself changing length. The word isometric comes from the Greek isos, which means "the same", and metron which means "size". The ancient Greeks classified isometrics as "soft exercise". There is documented evidence of this form of exercise having been used by various cultures throughout history. Self-Resistance exercise has been with us since time immemorial.
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