weight lifting

noun

Definition of weight liftingnext
as in body mechanics

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  1. activity
  2. conditioning
  3. bodybuilding
Noun
  • The platform is also more likely to grant higher spending limits to users with more network activity.
    Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Most grantmaking activities, the department said in a contingency plan last year, would be paused.
    Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of activity
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  • Flatt had the team staying in dorms without air conditioning.
    Paul Skrbina, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Having progressed from bottle washing and being a general dogsbody to a youth strength and conditioning coach, Bunce served as Southampton’s head of athletic development between 2011 and 2014, working closely with youngsters such as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Luke Shaw.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of conditioning
Noun
  • Fitness content creators and the bodybuilding community have debated whether steroid use should be disclosed.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The gym was a front for unsavory criminal activity and strong-arming, much of it perpetrated by the gym members who lifted heavy weights and competed in local bodybuilding competitions.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of bodybuilding
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