lifter
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- noun
- /ˈlɪftər/
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levantador
- During the tournament, each lifter aimed to set a personal record in their weight category.
- weight lifter
There are power lifters who are very strong who don't look super muscular.
- There are power lifters who are very strong who don't look super muscular.
- And what I discovered was that weight lifters had the greatest remodeling effect of cardiac tissue.
- Consider a a power lifter performing a butterfly stroke.
- And so we've had lifters in here who have torn their tricep.
- And we advertised for only recreational lifters and runners because so we didn't want a training effect.
- I heard them on a podcast and he was giving his like hypothesis of how to optimize strength in a power lifter.
- We had a huge amount of weight lifters using those sounds to be feel inspired and to use them sort of as guidance for their own training.
Examples
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And what I discovered was that weight lifters had the greatest remodeling effect of cardiac tissue.
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He is a talented lifter who trains daily to improve his performance at competitions.
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Being a weight lifter, after all.
Fiction book (1994) -
So I, I think though, weight lifters do that quite a bit.
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But you mentioned other athletes as well, like power lifters for example.
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However, in weight lifting, body size is considered an important factor, and weight lifters compete in different body weight classes.
Academic text (2001) -
The primary job of the spotter is to give assistance to the weight lifter when they are not capable of controlling the lifted weight.
Academic text (1990) -
They help health conscious people like runners, cyclists, weight lifters, vegans and vegetarians get lower rates on their life insurance.
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The U.S. super heavyweight Olympic lifter is nearly 340 pounds—and proud of it.
Blog text (5) -
The coach praised the young lifter for his dedication and commitment to the sport.
Synonyms
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3.1
An athlete who lifts heavy weights in competitions, often using a barbell
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lifter comes from the verb lift 'to raise' plus the ending -er 'one who does'. So a lifter as an athlete is someone who raises heavy weights, like a person who lifts barbells.