weight-lifter
11weight lifting — noun see weight lifter …
12Weight training — This article is about strength training using weight (gravity) to generate resistance to contraction. For basic principles on increasing the strength of muscles, see strength training. A complete weight training workout can be performed with a… …
13lifter — noun a) Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. While some lifters insist that supersets must consist of consecutive exercises for the same bodypart, others would bet their weight belts that supersets involve opposing bodyparts. b) …
14Spotting (weight training) — spotterSpotting, in weight or resistance training, is the act of supporting another person during a particular exercise, with an emphasis on allowing the participant to lift or push more than he could normally do safely.Correct spotting involves… …
15Mortgage Lifter — Stats Maturity 85 days Type Heirloom Vine Indeterminate Plant height 9 feet[citation needed …
16Bench press — illustration The bench press is an exercise of the upper body. For bodybuilding purposes, it is used to stimulate the pectorals, deltoids, and triceps. While on his or her back, the person performing the bench press lowers a weight to the level… …
17Vorobyev, Arkady — ▪ Soviet athlete in full Arkady Nikitich Vorobyev, Vorobyev also spelled Vorobev born Oct. 3, 1924, Mordovo, Tambov oblast, Russia, U.S.S.R. Soviet weight lifter who won two Olympic gold medals and was the first Soviet light heavyweight …
18Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Mount Olympus Meets the Middle Kingdom — Introduction officially Games of the XXIX Olympiad The Games of the XXIX Olympiad, involving some 200 Olympic committees and as many as 13,000 accredited athletes competing in 28 different sports, were auspiciously scheduled to begin at 8 …
19Yurik Vardanian — Yurik Norairovich Vardanian ( ru. Юрик Норайрович Варданян, born June 13 1956 in Leninakan, Armenian SSRGreat Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 2, pp. 601 602] ) is a former Olympic… …
20Mutlu, Halil — ▪ 2001 It seemed to many in 2000 that the only challenges left for Turkish weight lifting champion Halil Mutlu to face were those created by the man himself. Though standing a diminutive 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) and weighing 56 kg (123 lb), the… …
