body-building
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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
The famous boardwalk has always been a rough frontier, from which the more gentile part of LA recoiled with embarrassment: freakshows, drum circles and Schwarzenegger’s old body-building haunt Muscle Beach.
From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2016
Atwater, an American authority, thought that there should be a generous supply, i.e. a surplus of protein, to supply the demands of body-building.
From School and Home Cooking by Greer, Carlotta Cherryholmes