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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transfer under the bar

Sports; Weightlifting

When the weightlifter gets underneath the bar after they have performed the snatch and the clean and jerk.

weigh-in

Sports; Weightlifting

This is when a weightlifter weighs in to determine their weight. See Rules of the Game for a complete explanation.

weight belt

Sports; Weightlifting

See Lifting Belt

weight class

Sports; Weightlifting

Weightlifters, like the rest of us, come in all shapes and sizes and it would not be fair for 150 pound weightlifters to compete against 250 pound weightlifters. So competitors are split up into ...