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pumping iron
noun as in weight training
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A shirtless Zac Efron assures fans he is fine — pumping iron, even — after reportedly suffering some distress while swimming in a pool in Ibiza, Spain.
And unlike in “Pumping Iron,” the 1977 documentary about professional bodybuilding that helped propel him to fame, it centers completely on him.
They train like prizefighters getting ready for their big fight, pumping iron and cutting carbs to stand out amongst their peers — about a third of the invitees in any given year go undrafted while a few dozen snubs take their places in the three-day, seven-round draft in April.
He hopes that name will be famous one day, that after years of obsessively pumping iron, pounding 6,000 calories a day and injecting himself with steroids, he might eventually grace the covers of men’s fitness magazines across America.
LEFT: Arnold Schwarzenegger during the filming of "Pumping Iron," amid his streak of Mr. Olympia victories in the 1970s.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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