If you want build strength and get in better shape, you must build muscle. This is regularly done through weightlifting and isometric exercises. In addition to building muscle, you must have strong and supportive tendons or your body cannot handle exercise with heavy weights. Tendons connect bone to muscle, and they must be strong and flexible to be healthy.
Squats
Step 1
Grasp a barbell from the rack and place it on your shoulders behind your neck. Building tendon strength is all about short, explosive exercises, and the squat will help you do that.
Step 2
Bend down at the knees until you are slightly above a crouch position. Your thighs should be parallel to the ground.
Step 3
Raise up to the standing position. Do this 10 times, take a one-minute break and repeat the exercise. This will help you build tendon strength in the lower body.
Behind the Neck Press
Step 1
Sit on a weightlifting bench. Place a barbell on your shoulders behind your neck. Hold each hand about six inches outside the shoulder.
Step 2
Press the weight straight up and make sure you straighten your elbows.
Step 3
Return the weight to the shoulders. Press it up 10 times, take a one-minute break and repeat the set. This exercise is designed to build strength in the tendons and ligaments in the shoulders and triceps.
Lying Triceps Press
Step 1
Lie flat on a weight bench and place a barbell on the floor behind your head.
Step 2
Take hold of the bar with an overhand grip and raise it over your head. Your arms will be perpendicular to your chest.
Step 3
Lower the bar slowly until it touches your forehead. Then continue to lower it until it is back in the starting position.
Step 4
Do this exercise 10 times. Take a one-minute break and repeat the set. This exercise works the tendons in your elbows and upper body in addition to being good for your triceps.
