To prove his theory, he took a lab full of rats and found that if he gradually subjected them to an increased dose of poison they began to develop a greater resistance to it, so much so that certain rats remained unharmed when later subjected to dosages that had previously killed them. Arthur Steindler, a pioneer of this theory, defined it as “a complex motor unit made up of several sequentially arranged joints. After training, you might be resting at home with your feet up, but inside your body is undergoing various biological reactions such as hormonal and nervous system adaptations, as well as changes in muscle tissue.

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