powerlifting

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powerlifting (uncountable)

1. (sports) A strength sport, consisting of three events: the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift. The maximum weight lifted in each event is totalled for a final score.
   • 1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, "Powersource: Ties that bind", Ironman 47 (6): 21.

     For the first several years of my exclusive career in powerlifting, I couldn't bench too well.

Translations

strength sport

• Finnish: voimanosto (fi)
• French: force athlétique (fr) f, (Québec) dynamophilie (fr) f

• Spanish: potencia (es) f, levantamiento de potencia (es) m

See also

• weightlifting