weight lifting

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Recent Examples of weight lifting So what’s so great about weight lifting with type 2 diabetes? Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Mar. 2026 Try finding a resistance training class at your gym to get a feel for how weight lifting feels. Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 26 Jan. 2026 Activities like swimming, cycling, and weight lifting help condition joints and ligaments while reducing repetitive strain. Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 21 Nov. 2025 Activities like low-impact cardio (jogging or walking), strength training (weight lifting or weight-bearing exercises) and practicing Tai Chi or yoga will help with flexibility and balance. Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2025 Peterson told The Star his typical day starts with weight lifting and practice. Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025 Throughout the day, as the professor’s thoughts cascade from Dostoyevsky to YouTube fitness influencers, nearly every one of Castro’s acerbic, unfiltered paragraphs contains a bristling insight about literature, weight lifting, or academic politics. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 An alienated professor takes up weight lifting and ranting in Jordan Castro’s perceptive new novel, Muscle Man. Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weight lifting
Noun
  • Sasaki said through an interpreter after he was lifted from the game that something felt off about his upper-body mechanics.
    Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Adjust settings to accommodate your body mechanics and ensure a comfortable range of motion.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Bart Conner is 68.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The Pink Invitational has become the largest gymnastics fundraising event in the United States, now topping 116 teams.
    Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Kings never had the defensive activity to disrupt them much.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Harrell was again out at practice without a knee brace, working through individual periods with the other quarterbacks — but not a part of team activities or any live action, according to Albin.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Over an ebullient little bouncy bit of house, an aerobics instructor encourages movement as Idehen encourages Movement politics.
    Jesse Dorris, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026
  • And water aerobics for senior women descends into a bizarre request.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • New Era, a 200-bed facility, has had recurring outbreaks of Legionella, the bacteria that grow within water and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires’ Disease, records show.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The district is also looking at how to pay for aging equipment including heating, ventilation and air conditioning, which could require at least $500,000 in budget increases.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Known for his muscular build and hulk-like roles in Hollywood as much as his political record, perhaps even more so, Schwarzenegger is an icon in the bodybuilding universe.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Like father, like son — and a bodybuilding legacy in the making.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026

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“Weight lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weight%20lifting. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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