A client who wants to strengthen muscles of the chest must perform exercises such as the bench press and dumbbell flys as opposed to lat pull down and dumbbell rows. Which of the following principles of training best describes this principle?

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A client who wants to strengthen muscles of the chest must perform exercises such as the bench press and dumbbell flys as opposed to lat pull down and dumbbell rows.  Which of the following principles of training best describes this principle?

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Specificity states that the training must be specific to the goals of the client. In this case, the client's goal is to strengthen the chest muscles, and therefore exercises targeting those muscles (bench press and dumbbell flys) are more effective than exercises targeting the back muscles (lat pull down and dumbbell rows).

A Client Who Wants to Strengthen Muscles of the Chest