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| barbell |
a usu. metal bar with removable weights at each end, used in weightlifting and exercising. |
| bench press |
a weightlifting exercise in which one lies on a bench, removes a weight from a pair of overhead supports, lowers it to the chest, and raises it again. |
| bodybuilding |
the process of working to develop large muscles in one's body through the use of special diet and exercise, particularly weightlifting. |
| clean and jerk |
a weightlifting movement in which the barbell is lifted from the floor and, in one continuous movement, raised over the head with the arms fully extended upward. |
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