weight training

noun

: a system of conditioning involving lifting weights especially for strength and endurance

Examples of weight training in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Roughly half the space is used by professional athletes and V.I.P.s, who run on antigravity treadmills and do weight training on blood-flow-restriction machines, and the other half is for the rest of the population, who’d lately been showing up with a lot of Achilles injuries. Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024 Activities and Experiences The property has a large gym with weight training and cardio equipment, open 24 hours, while each room has a yoga mat for use during your stay — ideally for a morning flow session on the grass in the park. Ryan Smith, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2024 Facilities: With around 50 top of the range machines from the likes of Technogym, Prime, Hoist and Stairmaster, there’s something for everyone and then some from cardio and weight training to HIIT. Luis Campuzano, WWD, 15 June 2024 But with weight training bigger than it’s ever been, the use of performance-enhancing drugs has exploded in parallel. Longreads, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for weight training 

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Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weight training was in 1955

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“Weight training.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weight%20training. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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