A nurse is teaching a health promotion class about isotonic exercises. Which types of exercises will the nurse give as examples?
A) Swimming, jogging, and bicycling
B) Tightening or tensing of muscles without moving body parts
C) Quadriceps set exercises and contraction of the gluteal muscles
D) Push-ups, hip lifting, pushing feet against a footboard on the bed

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Examples of isotonic exercises are walking, swimming, dance aerobics, jogging, bicycling, and moving arms and legs with light resistance. Isometric exercises involve tightening or tensing of muscles without moving body parts. Examples include quadriceps set exercises and contraction of the gluteal muscles. Examples of resistive isometric exercises are push-ups and hip lifting, as well as placing a footboard on the foot of the bed for patients to push against with their feet.

A Nurse Is Teaching a Health Promotion Class About Isotonic