powerlifting

powerlifting

English

Etymology

power +‎ lifting

Noun

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.

2. (disability sports) A strength parasport, consisting of a single-rep benchpress.

Translations

strength sport

Dutch: powerlifting m Finnish: voimanosto (fi) French: force athlétique (fr) f, (Québec) dynamophilie (fr) f

German: Kraftdreikampf (de) m Spanish: potencia (es) f, levantamiento de potencia m

See also

• weightlifting