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  2. Power training - Wikipedia

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    Jumping with weights or throwing weights are two examples of power training exercises. Regular weight training exercises such as the clean and jerk and power clean may also be considered as being power training exercises due to the explosive speed required to complete the lifts. Power training may also involve contrasting exercises such as ...

  3. Clean and jerk - Wikipedia

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    In the power jerk or push jerk, the lifter performs the same dip and jump movement, but unlike the split jerk, the lifter catches the barbell in a partial squat position. Power jerk may be used synonymously with push jerk, but a distinction may be made with push jerk being a type of power jerk where the feet stayed connected to the platform ...

  4. List of Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting

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    1990 - Clean and Jerk Ponnuswamy Rangaswamy (IND) 137.5 Gopal Maruthachelam (IND) 125 Alan Ogilvie (SCO) 122.5 1990 - Overall Ponnuswamy Rangaswamy (IND) 247.5 Alan Ogilvie (SCO) 230 Gopal Maruthachelam (IND) 227.5 1994 - Snatch Marcus Stephen (NRU) 115 Raghavan Chanderasekaran (IND) 110 Denis Aumais (CAN) 107.5 1994 - Clean and Jerk

  5. Snatch (weightlifting) - Wikipedia

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    A split snatch being performed. Split snatch was the common form of snatch before squat snatch was popularized by lifters such as Pete George and Dave Sheppard. [3] [4] In the split snatch, the lifter lifts the bar as high as possible and pulls themselves under the bar similar to the squat snatch but in the split snatch the lifter "splits" their legs, placing one foot in front of them and one ...

  6. Outline of exercise - Wikipedia

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    Exercise – any bodily activity that enhances or log physical fitness and overall health and wellness. It is performed for various reasons including strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular system , honing athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance, as well as for the purpose of enjoyment.

  7. Anatomical terms of muscle - Wikipedia

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    Smooth muscle is involuntary and found in parts of the body where it conveys action without conscious intent. The majority of this type of muscle tissue is found in the digestive and urinary systems where it acts by propelling forward food, chyme, and feces in the former and urine in the latter.

  8. Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg

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    Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.

  9. Motor coordination - Wikipedia

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    A woman exercising. In physiology, motor coordination is the orchestrated movement of multiple body parts as required to accomplish intended actions, like walking.This coordination is achieved by adjusting kinematic and kinetic parameters associated with each body part involved in the intended movement.