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A pair of adjustable dumbbells with 2-kilogram (4.4 lb) plates. Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of (dumbbells, barbells or machines). People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons.
Li Hongli (Chinese: 李宏利; pinyin: Lǐ Hónglì; born 26 December 1980 in Ningyuan, Yongzhou, Hunan, China) is a Chinese weightlifter.He is 168 cm tall. At the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships, Li Hongli won the bronze medal in the 77 kg category, with a total of 352.5 kg, after Gevorg Davtyan was tested positive for banned substances and lost his silver medal.
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.
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Strongman is often incorrectly used to describe a person who does powerlifting, weightlifting or bodybuilding. Due to the circus and entertainment background, nineteenth-century bodybuilders were expected to mingle with the crowd during intermission and perform strength feats like card tearing, nail bending, etc. to demonstrate strength as well ...
Janae Marie Kroczaleski [10] (born Matthew Raymond Kroczaleski) is an American who previously competed as a professional powerlifter and competitive bodybuilder.. In combined (squat, bench press, and deadlift) equipped powerlifting total, on April 25, 2009, in Iowa, Kroc set the male world record in the 220 lb. weight class with 2,551 lbs (composed of 738 pound bench press, 810 pound deadlift ...
Like his contemporary and future rival Doug Hepburn, Anderson quickly identified the squat as the most important exercise for developing strength. [8] On December 27, 1952, he set a new world record of 660.5 lb (299.6 kg) at the Chattanooga and Tennessee Weightlifting Championships, done at a bodyweight of 285 lbs (129.3 kg).