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Weightlifting definition

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The lifting of heavy weights in a prescribed manner as an exercise or in athletic competition.
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A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
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(sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.
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Alternative Form of weightlifting - weight lifting

Weightlifting Sentence Examples

  • You won't see results from weightlifting overnight.

  • You want to give each muscle group a day of rest in between weightlifting.

  • Weightlifting is also used as a form of weight management.

  • The extreme development of the muscles in the weightlifting athlete and in the arm of the blacksmith is the result of increased functional activity with a corresponding increase in the vascular supply; this exercise may produce an over-development so excessive as to be classed as abnormal.

  • The topic of children and weightlifting continues to be controversial.

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