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2. Olympic weightlifting - Wikipedia

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   World Games. Women: 1997. 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.

3. Barbell - Wikipedia

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   Barbell. A barbell is a piece of exercise equipment used in weight training, bodybuilding, weightlifting, powerlifting and strongman, consisting of a long bar, usually with weights attached at each end. Barbells range in length from 1.2 metres (4 ft) to above 2.4 metres (8 ft), although bars longer than 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) are used primarily by ...

4. How Much the Barbells You Use Actually Weigh - AOL

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   Length: 7’2” (2.2 meters) for men, 6’5” (2 meters) for women Weight: 44 pounds (20 kg) for men, 33 pounds (15 kg) for women This style of bar is used in Olympic weightlifting and ...

5. Weight plate - Wikipedia

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   A weight plate is a flat, heavy object, usually made of cast iron, [1] that is used in combination with barbells or dumbbells to produce a bar with a desired total weight for the purpose of physical exercise. Two general categories exist: "standard" plates, which have a center hole of approximately 25 mm (one inch), and "Olympic" plates, meant ...

6. 9 Best Barbell Pads for Strength Training, According to ... - AOL

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   Advanced Barbell Pad. MH Fitness Director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S, has used this in quite a few gyms."It’s super-comfortable and easy to set up." It slips right onto Olympic bars with a perfect ...

7. Weightlifting - Wikipedia

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   Weightlifting. 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 or barbells. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can include: developing physical ...