Definitions for weightlifting
ˈweɪtˌlɪf tɪŋweightlift·ing

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1. weightlift, weightliftingnoun

   bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights

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1. weightliftingnoun

   A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.

2. weightliftingnoun

   A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.

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1. weightlifting

   Weightlifting is a sport or physical activity in which participants lift weighted bars or dumbbells. It involves exercises targeting different muscle groups, usually in the context of athletic training or bodybuilding. The objective may vary from enhancing muscular strength and endurance, improving overall fitness, to competitive sporting where individuals aim to lift the heaviest weights in specific categories. Weightlifting can also refer to the Olympic sport where athletes compete in two events, the snatch and the clean and jerk.

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1. Weightlifting

   Olympic weightlifting, also called Olympic-style weightlifting, or weightlifting, is an athletic discipline in the modern Olympic programme in which the athlete attempts a maximum-weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates. The two competition lifts in order are the snatch and the clean and jerk. Each weightlifter receives three attempts in each, and the combined total of the highest two successful lifts determines the overall result within a bodyweight category. Bodyweight categories are different for women and men. A lifter who fails to complete at least one successful snatch and one successful clean and jerk also fails to total, and therefore receives an "incomplete" entry for the competition. The clean and press was once a competition lift, but was discontinued due to difficulties in judging proper form. In comparison with other strength sports, which test limit strength, Olympic weightlifting tests aspects of human ballistic limits and are therefore executed faster—and with more mobility and a greater range of motion during their execution - than other lifts. Properly executed, the snatch and the clean and jerk are both dynamic and explosive while appearing graceful, especially when viewed from a recording at a slowed speed.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of weightlifting in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of weightlifting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of weightlifting in a Sentence

1. Hannah Setzer:

   I have done a little bit of everything—yoga, running, weightlifting, kickboxing, and even random workout videos on YouTube, it's been so fulfilling to feel strong and powerful and have muscles I never thought I would have.

2. Mohammad Arif:

   Akwasi Frimpong of Ghana can do most of that in Akwasi Frimpong of Ghana own country in Africa. We do track and field training, we do weightlifting, I'll be able to test for three, four months at a time in areas where there are tracks. It's not like it's impossible, infrastructure is not something that The IOC invests in.

3. Patrick Fepulea’i:

   Samoa has 11 athletes who have qualified to compete at the Olympic Games, of these three are based in Samoa( all members of weightlifting team), two are based in Australia( boxing team), four are based in New Zealand( sailing and canoeing team), one in the U.S.( athletics) and one already in Japan( judo).

4. Christian Baumgartner:

   Norway Weightlifting is leading the way in this respect, i did not imagine, a few years ago, that I would be saying that.

5. The Olympian:

   What drives me in sport, I think, is the sport itself, and this is the pinnacle event for weightlifting, as it is for so many sports. And I suppose that’s what’s drawn me here, because anyone I think can train in their own time, but to actually be called to account on the platform. We’ve got one minute to make it all happen. That’s the real test for, I suppose, anyone and weightlifting.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=weightlifting
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Weightlifting
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=weightlifting
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
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