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  2. Lifting bag - Wikipedia

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    The volume of the bag determines its lifting capacity: each litre of air inside the bag will lift a weight of 1 kilogram, or each cubic foot will lift about 62 pounds. For example, a 100-litre (3.5 cu ft) bag can lift a 100-kilogram (220 lb) underwater object.

  3. Lifting equipment - Wikipedia

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    Lifting equipment, also known as lifting gear, is a general term for any equipment that can be used to lift and lower loads. [1] Types of lifting equipment include heavy machinery such as the patient lift , overhead cranes , forklifts , jacks , building cradles, and passenger lifts, and can also include smaller accessories such as chains ...

  4. List of world records in Olympic weightlifting - Wikipedia

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    67 kg Snatch 155 kg Huang Minhao China 6 July 2019 Olympics Test Event: Tokyo, Japan [5] Clean & Jerk 190 kg Ri Won-ju North Korea 8 December 2024 World Championships: Manama, Bahrain [6] Total 339 kg Chen Lijun China 21 April 2019 Asian Championships: Ningbo, China [7] 73 kg Snatch 169 kg Shi Zhiyong China 20 April 2021 Asian Championships

  5. Exercise equipment - Wikipedia

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    A selection of home exercise equipment: yoga blocks, yoga mat, dumbbells, pull-up/chin-up bar, push-up handles and gloves. Exercise equipment is any apparatus or device used during physical activity to enhance the strength or conditioning effects of that exercise by providing either fixed or adjustable amounts of resistance, or to otherwise enhance the experience or outcome of an exercise routine.

  6. Olympic weightlifting - Wikipedia

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    The weight plates, typically referred to as "bumper plates" because of their rubber coated design, weigh between 10 kg and 25 kg in 5 kg increments. The bumper plates are coated with rubber to allow the weights to be dropped from various heights—either after a successful lift or during an unsuccessful one.

  7. Weight machine - Wikipedia

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    A weight machine is an exercise machine used for weight training that uses gravity as the primary source of resistance and a combination of simple machines to convey that resistance to the person using the machine. Each of the simple machines (pulley, lever, wheel, incline) changes the mechanical advantage of the overall machine relative to the ...

  8. Weightlifting - Wikipedia

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    A pair of adjustable dumbbells with 2-kilogram (4.4 lb) plates. Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of (dumbbells, barbells or machines). People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons.

  9. Weight plate - Wikipedia

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    The weight stack on a selectorized cable machine; in this example, each plate weighs 6 kg. Weight machines commonly use specialized sets of plates (called "weight stacks"), consisting of a set of rectangular plates mounted on rails. Through a cable and pulley system, the burden is transferred to the machine's user.