weight training
noun
: a system of conditioning involving lifting weights especially for strength and endurance
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In addition to doing these things, weight training is very beneficial in helping with our periods and hormone health.
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 4 Apr. 2024
Planet Fitness and other gyms have scaled back treadmills and elliptical machines in gyms to create more room for weight training and stretching areas.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Regular workouts at a wellness center, doing Pilates, acupuncture and weight training.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Over the past two decades—originally fueled by the Crossfit phenomenon—weight training has become more popular among more people than ever before.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 18 Jan. 2024
As well as doing lots of weight training, Rich creates a year-long plan that encompasses endurance, cardiovascular and recovery, to ensure their bodies are challenged in all the right ways.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2024
Walk after eating Aside from weight training, walking is one of the best forms of exercises for blood sugar management—which Dr. Teitelbaum suggests doing outside.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2024
Kate told Women’s Health in 2020 that she’s moved away from high-intensity workouts like running and weight training in recent years.
—Korin Miller, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
That cleared the way for year-round football practices and weight training beginning in January, passing tournaments in March and college-like weekly training sessions for those with available facilities and financial means.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
Dominique Fluker, Essence, 4 Apr. 2024
Planet Fitness and other gyms have scaled back treadmills and elliptical machines in gyms to create more room for weight training and stretching areas.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Regular workouts at a wellness center, doing Pilates, acupuncture and weight training.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Over the past two decades—originally fueled by the Crossfit phenomenon—weight training has become more popular among more people than ever before.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 18 Jan. 2024
As well as doing lots of weight training, Rich creates a year-long plan that encompasses endurance, cardiovascular and recovery, to ensure their bodies are challenged in all the right ways.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2024
Walk after eating Aside from weight training, walking is one of the best forms of exercises for blood sugar management—which Dr. Teitelbaum suggests doing outside.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2024
Kate told Women’s Health in 2020 that she’s moved away from high-intensity workouts like running and weight training in recent years.
—Korin Miller, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
That cleared the way for year-round football practices and weight training beginning in January, passing tournaments in March and college-like weekly training sessions for those with available facilities and financial means.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
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“Weight training.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weight%20training. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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