Written records of deliberate progressive weight training are found in Ancient Greece, although one could assume that the act of seeing how much weight one can pick up off the ground and press overhead goes back further into humanity's past as another display of dominance or alpha-male behaviour.
I think weight lifting first came from the Olympics. Weight lifting is a sport which contestants attempt an utmost mass single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates. It tests the limit of the participant's strength and ballistic limits with smaller weights. It also executes quicker and with more mobility.
Ireland
1894
running, swimming,weight lifting
No, boxing is not weight lifting
To be honest, I'm just starting out in weight lifting. But to me, power, as it relates to weight lifting, is the ability to consistently lift a given amount of weight.
During the first International Olympics back in 1896.
first you should max out on the lifts you plan on doing. then you will know how much you need to do to attain a higher weight.
breath out when lifting and breath in while you lower the weight
cardio gets rid of more calories, weight lifting defines and builds muscle. it only slightly gets rid of calories.
These terms are used in weight lifting. They are different techniques of lifting the weights.
She was training for softball!!!
Weight-lifting is also known as "pumping iron".