barbell
Example Sentences
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The bodybuilder’s chisels are barbells and dumbbells and 45-pound plates that clank in sweaty gyms.
From Washington Post
With so many uncertainties, Mr. DeSpirito favors a barbell approach to stocks.
From New York Times
A barbell and weight plates complete the installation.
From Washington Post
“Strength training does not have to mean barbells and super heavy weights and lots of equipment,” said Anne Brady, a professor of kinesiology at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.
From New York Times
But onstage, singing any of a couple dozen songs about wounds and what it takes to lick them, he clenches tight, as if determined to lift an unusually heavy barbell, and nailing it.
From New York Times
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