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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split

Sports; Weightlifting

To spread the legs apart with one leg moving forward and the other leg moving back.

spotter

Sports; Weightlifting

A person who is ready to help the weightlifter if there is a problem with a lift. They are there for safety reasons and to keep the weightlifter from being caught under a heavy weight. A spotter is ...

squat

Sports; Weightlifting

Beginning at a standing position, then bending the legs at the knees with the feet apart, and then standing back up. The barbell will be across the weightlifters shoulders.

static start

Sports; Weightlifting

The stationary pose that the weightlifter is in when he/she begins to lift the bar.

sticking point

Sports; Weightlifting

That part of a lift where the weightlifter can't get past to complete the lift. A spotter will help the weightlifter get past the sticking point. Not in competition setting.