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Dumbbells (halteres) used in athletic games in ancient Greece; held at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. A woman is shown exercising with dumbbells on this Roman mosaic, c. 286–305 AD. The forerunner of the dumbbell, halteres, were used in ancient Greece as lifting weights [1][2] and also as weights for the ancient Greek version of ...
Bodybuilding is the practice of progressive resistance exercise to build, control, and develop one's muscles via hypertrophy. [ 1 ] An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. It is primarily undertaken for aesthetic purposes over functional ones, distinguishing it from similar activities such as powerlifting and ...
An Olympic bar mounted on a bench press bench. A men's Olympic bar is a metal bar that is 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) long and weighs 20 kilograms (44 lb). The outer ends are 1.96 inches (50 mm) in diameter, while the grip section is 28 millimetres (1.1 in) in diameter, and 1.31 metres (4.3 ft) in length. The bars have grip marks spaced 910 millimetres ...
Another Greek, the physician Galen, described strength training exercises using the halteres (an early form of dumbbell) in the 2nd century. Ancient Greek sculptures also depict lifting feats. The weights were generally stones, but later gave way to dumbbells. The dumbbell was joined by the barbell in the later half of the 19th century.
Ronnie Dean Coleman was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on May 13, 1964.[2] He graduated cum laudefrom Grambling State Universityin 1984 with a BScin accounting.[16] While there, he played footballas a middle linebackerwith the Grambling State Tigersunder Hall of Famecoach Eddie Robinson.
English. Dumbbells is a 2014 comedy film directed by Christopher Livingston and starring Brian Drolet, Hoyt Richards, Mircea Monroe, Jaleel White, Taylor Cole, Jay Mohr, Tom Arnold, Laura Ashley Samuels and Andy Milonakis, with a rare film appearance by Nancy Olson (her first film in 17 years). The film saw a limited release on January 10, 2014 ...
The barbell back squat Bodyweight squat. A squat is a strength exercise in which the trainee lowers their hips from a standing position and then stands back up. During the descent, the hip and knee joints flex while the ankle joint dorsiflexes; conversely the hip and knee joints extend and the ankle joint plantarflexes when standing up.
The Shake Weight is a modified dumbbell that oscillates, purportedly increasing the effects of exercise. As a result of the perceived sexually suggestive nature of the product, infomercial clips of the exercise device have gone viral. A 2011 study in Consumer Reports states that for the chest, shoulder and triceps, the Shake Weight's exercises ...