Weightlifting

Weightlifting

Weightlifting is a type of physical activity performed individually both as a means of fitness and as competition. The primary objectives of weightlifting are to increase the strength and size of skeletal muscle. Weighttraining can use a variety of equipment to target different muscles in the body.

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Weightlifting

plate

Sports; Weightlifting

An individual weight with a hole in the middle that can be put on a barbell or on a weight lifting machine.

platform

Sports; Weightlifting

This is a square, raised wooden stage where weightlifters make their lifts.

poundage

Sports; Weightlifting

The amount of the weight of the barbell, the collars and the weights that are on barbell.

powerlifting

Sports; Weightlifting

A type competitive weightlifting, which is made of three lifts: Squat, Bench Press and Dead Lift. Also called a Power Set.

press

Sports; Weightlifting

A type of lift which has the weightlifter bring the bar up to their shoulders and then there is a two-second pause during which time a judge gives their consent and then the bar can be lifted over ...

press out

Sports; Weightlifting

This is an illegal move where a weightlifter will bend their arms while holding the bar over their head, and then press out to make them straight. The lift must be done in one movement