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  2. Pull-down (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    Cable pull-down exercise to the front with a medium-width overhand (pronated) grip. The pull-down exercise is a strength training exercise designed to develop the latissimus dorsi muscle. It performs the functions of downward rotation and depression of the scapulae combined with adduction and extension of the shoulder joint.

  3. Row (weight-lifting) - Wikipedia

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    In strength training, rowing (or a row, usually preceded by a qualifying adjective — for instance a cable seated row, barbell upright row, dumbbell bent-over row, T-bar rows, et cetera) is an exercise where the purpose is to strengthen the muscles that draw the rower's arms toward the body (latissimus dorsi) as well as those that retract the scapulae (trapezius and rhomboids) and those that ...

  4. 2024–25 Northeast Conference men's basketball season

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    Todd Brogna scored a team-high 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Stonehill to a 79–74 home win over Saint Francis on February 13. The Skyhawks shot 12 for 29 from three-point range. Ethan Meuser had 17 points on 5-for-7 shooting from the floor and a 4-for-5 clip from beyond the arc, and Hermann Koffi finished with 17 points on 5 ...

  5. Olympic weightlifting - Wikipedia

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    [14] [15] China's Chen Yanqing became an early star of women's weightlifting at the Olympics—as she won Olympic gold two games in a row, in 2004 and 2008. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In 2011, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) ruled that athletes could wear a full body " unitard " under the customary weightlifting uniform. [ 18 ]

  6. Upright row - Wikipedia

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    The upright row is a weight training exercise performed by holding a weight with an overhand grip and lifting it straight up to the collarbone. This is a compound exercise that involves the trapezius, the deltoids and the biceps. The narrower the grip the more the trapezius muscles are exercised, as opposed to the deltoids.

  7. Front lever - Wikipedia

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    A front lever is performed by lowering from an inverted hang until the body is completely horizontal and straight with the front of the body facing upwards. An accomplished gymnast may also pull directly into the horizontal position from a dead hang. Front levers require a high degree of back and core strength. Front lever executed by John Gill ...

  8. Pelvic lift - Wikipedia

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    The pelvic floor is a "broad sling of muscles, ligaments and sheet-like tissues that stretch from your pubic bone at the front of your body, to the base of your spine at the back". [4] The pelvic floor is resistant to stretch and weight as it bounces back. However, after carrying weight for long periods of time, it can become stretched. [4]

  9. Bench press - Wikipedia

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    A conventional bench press uses the pectoralis major, front deltoids, [6] and triceps brachii to horizontally adduct the shoulder. While flat bench pressing, the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor muscles are activated. [7] [8] The exercise also uses the triceps and anconeus to extend the elbows. [6]