body-building
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Showing or describing competitive eating contests; fitness routines, sports and nutrition that are not primarily focused on extreme weight loss, marathon training or body-building competitions; and religious diet behavior and fasting will still be allowed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2024
Little is known about Sheikh Saoud, but sources tell us the stocky body-building enthusiast is rarely seen in public.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2022
The full Arnold Sports Festival was canceled last year, though a small body-building competition was held in September.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2022
My power-lifting and body-building buddies got a shout-out in the acknowledgements.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 7, 2019
Its protein, though small in amount, is most efficient in body-building, its salts are varied in kind and liberal in amount, and it furnishes a large amount of very easily digested fuel besides.
From Everyday Foods in War Time by Rose, Mary Swartz