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Recent Examples of weight lifting
Activities like swimming, cycling, and weight lifting help condition joints and ligaments while reducing repetitive strain.
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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
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
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Adjust settings to accommodate your body mechanics and ensure a comfortable range of motion.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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His background is in sports science, so body mechanics are important to him.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
9 Aug. 2025
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Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Mary Lou Retton is 58.—
Kimberly King,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Jan. 2026
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Lower‑demand preliminaries will likely be the most affordable, while high‑profile events—gymnastics finals, swimming finals, track and field, and the opening ceremony—will sit at the top end of the pricing spectrum.—
Paris Wilson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Several vehicles that stopped behind her appear to belong to federal agents, based on activity observed in other videos.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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The sneakers have a stretchy mesh upper material that provides airflow during activity and minimizes friction, according to the brand.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Jenny is currently a fitness instructor and teaches water aerobics classes, and is Outside’s Moves columnist.—
Outside,
Outside,
16 Jan. 2026
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Teaching water aerobics Terrell Talbert did not seek out water aerobics.—
Nicky Zizaza,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Summer temperatures in Andalusia routinely exceeded one hundred degrees, and though the underbudgeted archive lacked air conditioning, the dryness of the air in Seville had a preservative effect.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Dorsainvil also co-produces Sounds of Little Haiti and said there are still roof and leak issues and occasional problems with the air conditioning.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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Despite decades of research supporting creatine’s benefits, the category has remained largely stagnant, defined by powders, poor absorption, and a narrow focus on bodybuilding.—
Gabby Shacknai,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The substance is found in some products sold at bodybuilding stores and has been used to promote cattle growth.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Weight lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weight%20lifting. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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