weight training

NOUN

working out with weights

Synonyms

WEAK

Olympic lifting bodybuilding free weights iron-pumping powerlifting pumping iron weight work weightlifting working out

Example Sentences

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"You need to have the variety to be good at one sport - to be good at running you need to be weight training."

From BBC

They filled in questionnaires every two years, and included how much weight training exercise they did, we well as lower intensity exercise like yoga, and other activities such as gardening and climbing stairs.

From BBC

Now Hughes blends both somatic experiencing and slow motion weight training at her personal training gyms, the Strength Shoppe, with locations in Pasadena, Mid-City and Echo Park.

From Los Angeles Times

That, in turn, allows them to push longer and harder in weight training, Hughes says, expanding their “window of tolerance” or the nervous system’s capacity to deal with things that are confronting, challenging and stressful.

From Los Angeles Times

She threw herself into weight training and conditioning.

From The Wall Street Journal