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York Barbell. York Barbell is an American-based international manufacturer of fitness products. Bob Hoffman, named "Father of World Weightlifting" by the International Weightlifting Federation, bought the Milo Barbell Company and founded York Barbell in 1932. As a prolific writer of books and articles, Hoffman promoted the benefits of exercise ...
Olympic weightlifting. Weightlifting (often incorrectly known as Olympic weightlifting) is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with the aim of successfully lifting the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead.
An Olympic bar mounted on a bench press bench. A men's Olympic bar is a metal bar that is 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) long and weighs 20 kilograms (44 lb). The outer ends are 1.96 inches (50 mm) in diameter, while the grip section is 28 millimetres (1.1 in) in diameter, and 1.31 metres (4.3 ft) in length. The bars have grip marks spaced 910 millimetres ...
Advanced Barbell Pad. MH Fitness Director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S, has used this in quite a few gyms."It’s super-comfortable and easy to set up." It slips right onto Olympic bars with a perfect ...
Bob Hoffman (sports promoter) Robert Collins Hoffman (November 9, 1898 – July 18, 1985) was an American entrepreneur who rose to prominence as the owner of York Barbell. He founded magazines such as Muscular Development and Strength & Health, and was the manufacturer of a line of bodybuilding supplements. [3]
It isn’t. Duane Hanson’s unnervingly lifelike “Bodybuilder (1989–90)” — a hollow polychrome bronze sculpture of a shirtless iron-pumper — is the Gagosian gallery’s showstopper at ...
Pictogram. This is a list of world records in Olympic weightlifting. These records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) restructured its weight classes in 1993, 1998 and 2018, nullifying earlier records.
Weight plate. A weight plate is a flat, heavy object, usually made of cast iron, [1] that is used in combination with barbells or dumbbells to produce a bar with a desired total weight for the purpose of physical exercise . Two general categories exist: "standard" plates, which have a center hole of approximately 25 mm (one inch), and "Olympic ...