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WHAT IS WEIGHT-LIFTING?
This is a sport where weights are lifted competitively, within prescribed rules. The athlete has
to lift a barbell. This is a one-inch-thick seven-foot-long bar. To each end of this bar, disk-
shaped weights are attached, which are no more than one and a half feet in diameter.
There are 5 types of lift which feature the sport.
MILITARY PRESS - The bar is first lifted from the floor to shoulder height, then rested on the
chest, and held motionless for two seconds. It is then lifted vertically until the arms are
completely extended and held there for two seconds, with the arms and the legs stiffened.
SNATCH - The weight is lifted overhead in one continuous motion without any pause
characteristics, like there are in the military press.
CLEAN AND JERK - First the weight gets lifted to shoulder level, and then, the legs are bent,
and then the legs and arms are suddenly stiffened, so that the weight can be brought
overhead.
BENCH- Weight gets lowered down to chest and then pressed up.
DEAD LIFT- Lift the weight from the ground to just above the top of the knee.
