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2. Weightlifting belt - Wikipedia

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   Classical weight lifting belts are made of leather. The belt's width is variable. The narrow part is placed around the abdominal region and the wide one near the back. The belt's shape was designed so as not to hinder weightlifters during performance of the snatch and clean and jerk. Generally, the portion of the belt that crosses the small of ...

3. These 10 Weightlifting Belts Are Worthy of Your Next PR - AOL

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   Weightlifting belts are valuable tools for Olympic weightlifters and powerlifters. Discover the top weightlifting belts for men, tested and reviewed by experts. These 10 Weightlifting Belts Are ...

4. Weight machine - Wikipedia

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   A weight machine is an exercise machine used for weight training that uses gravity as the primary source of resistance and a combination of simple machines to convey that resistance to the person using the machine. Each of the simple machines (pulley, lever, wheel, incline) changes the mechanical advantage of the overall machine relative to the ...

5. Snatch (weightlifting) - Wikipedia

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   A split snatch being performed. Split snatch was the common form of snatch before squat snatch was popularized by lifters such as Pete George and Dave Sheppard. [3] [4] In the split snatch, the lifter lifts the bar as high as possible and pulls themselves under the bar similar to the squat snatch but in the split snatch the lifter "splits" their legs, placing one foot in front of them and one ...

6. Clean and jerk - Wikipedia

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   The continental clean involves lifting the bar from the floor to the final clean position by any method of the lifter's choosing so long as the bar is not upended and does not touch the ground. The bar may be rested on the legs, stomach, or belt. Hands may be removed and replaced. [8]

7. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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   If a weight is used, then it rests upon the shoulders, or is held in the hand(s). This is an isolation exercise for the calves; it particularly emphasises the gastrocnemius muscle, and recruits the soleus muscle. [6] Equipment Body weight, dumbbells, barbell, Smith machine or standing calf raise machine. Major variants

8. Weightlifting - Wikipedia

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   Other weightlifting sports include stone lifting, powerlifting, kettlebell lifting, and para powerlifting—the weightlifting sport practiced at the Paralympic Games. Different weightlifting sports may be distinguished by the different ways of lifting a weight, and/or the objects lifted. Weightlifting events are key elements of strength athletics.

9. Olympic weightlifting - Wikipedia

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   Weightlifting (often known as Olympic weightlifting) is a competitive strength sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with the aim of successfully lifting the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead.