dumbbell
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This typically happens during the lowering portion of a movement, such as bringing a dumbbell down, walking downstairs, or slowly lowering yourself into a chair.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026
For instance, each dumbbell at the Chargers facility is emblazoned with the club’s lightning-bolt logo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
While vests add resistance to cardio, they don’t replace focused strength-training like dumbbell or body-weight exercises, Fielding says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2025
Carrasco, 36, was lifting weights before Sunday’s game against Seattle when he set down a 50-pound dumbbell and it flipped over, landing on his pinky, Showalter said before New York played at Washington.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
I could tell he was in a deep sleep because his full weight squashed into my intestines like a five-hundred-pound dumbbell.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
The team used a silly and playful logo for “Buff Baby”—an image of a baby with raised arms, pressing tiny dumbbells, with a serious expression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Their forms match the aerodynamic shapes typical of tektites, including spheres, ellipsoids, droplets, disks, dumbbells, and twisted shapes.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026
Cedars-Sinai’s Gulati notes the many different forms of strength training beyond the stereotypical image of iron dumbbells or a hulking barbell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
The men's facility featured rows of workout platforms, outfitted with dumbbells, barbells and weights capable of going into the hundreds of pounds.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
I finished my third set of bicep curls and dropped the dumbbells on the mat between us, hoping he'd give me some space.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
