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Event Gold Silver Bronze 1970 - Overall George Vassiliadis (AUS) 290 Abdul Ghafoor (PAK) 287.5 John McNiven (SCO) 265 1974 - Overall Precious McKenzie (ENG) 215 Anil Mondal (IND)
A weight (also known as a mass) is an object, normally with high density, whose chief task is to have mass and exert weight (through gravity). It is used for different purposes, such as in: It is used for different purposes, such as in:
British Weight Lifting (BWL) is a trading name of the British Weight Lifters' Association Ltd (BWLA), [1] [2] the National Governing Body (NGB) in the United Kingdom for the sports of weightlifting and para powerlifting. [3] The Association was initially established in 1910.
UK Invitational Championships Birmingham, Great Britain [37] Total 355 kg David Guest: 28 January 2001 UK Invitational Championships Birmingham, Great Britain [37]-105 kg Snatch 165 kg Thomas Yule: 27 April 2000 European Championships: Sofia, Bulgaria [38] Clean & Jerk 210 kg Delroy McQueen: 2 August 2002 Commonwealth Games: Manchester, Great ...
This is a list of male and female British bodybuilders. British can be either citizens of the United Kingdom, islands of British Crown Dependencies, or of one of the British overseas territories can be classed as British.
York Barbell is an American-based international manufacturer of fitness equipment. Its roots date back to when Bob Hoffman, who was named "Father of World Weightlifting" by the International Weightlifting Federation, bought Alan Calvert's 1902 Milo Barbell Company and founded York Barbell in 1932. [1]
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 the long jump. [3] A kind of dumbbell was also used in India for more than a millennium, shaped like a club – so it was named Indian club.
A selection of home exercise equipment: yoga blocks, yoga mat, dumbbells, pull-up/chin-up bar, push-up handles and gloves. Exercise equipment is any apparatus or device used during physical activity to enhance the strength or conditioning effects of that exercise by providing either fixed or adjustable amounts of resistance, or to otherwise enhance the experience or outcome of an exercise routine.