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lifts
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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2006
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lifts, lines supporting the ends of the
yards of
square-riggers taken to the relevant masthead or the equivalent position in modern one-piece pole masts. Their principal purpose is to take the weight of the seamen working on the yard, but they are also used to keep the yard in equilibrium or to raise one end or the other (see
cockbill).
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Heavy weight lifting has some risks
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/25/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...PRINTED VERSION Heavy weight lifting is a must for those...as well as a weight lifting course...extremely heavy weights. Helliker's...he switched to lifting heavy weights...extremely heavy weight lifting are documented...
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Weight Lifting Kids.
Newspaper article from: Pediatrics for Parents; 8/1/1999; 700+ words
; ...younger children are lifting weights. Perhaps it's the...increased participation in weight lifting has sparked renewed...Children who lift weights in an unsupervised...injuries caused by weight lifting range from minor sprains...
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More women are turning to weight lifting to tone and shape their bodies. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/5/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...after many years of weight lifting, unless she works...using very heavy weights. _It isn't...equipped with light weights, although many...people look good, weight lifting offers significant...less space. Many weight trainers will tell...when you start lifting ...
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GETTING PHYSICAL | TEENS GET FIT BY LIFTING WEIGHTS AT BOTH SCHOOLS AND HEALTH CLUBS
Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL); 1/17/1999; 700+ words
; ...find their way to the weight rooms. It seems that...Super Slow vs. Free Weights Minooka Community High...has offered Super Slow Weight Lifting since 1991. This program...athlete, originally began weight lifting in eighth grade to improve...Super Slow and Free Weights do two ...
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Study: Lifting weights helps kick belly fat
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...participants who lifted weights twice a week used both free weights and machines; they...increase the amount of weight they were lifting, according to the...said although lifting weights may reduce fat in some...burning. The classic weight-lifting regime tends to be...
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Weight lifting, dancing lift Provo teen
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 9/5/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Scott started her on the weights. "I looked on the Web, and she was lifting weights heavier than the state records...while her efforts in the weight room have brought her the...I think it (weight lifting) is kind of temporary...
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COACH TAKES UP KIDS' CAUSE.(Crime)(Weight-lifting champion uses the sport to teach young offenders about real life)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 11/28/2003; 700+ words
; ...s juvenile detention center, weight lifting coach Tom Hirtz is taking a 16...she never dreamed of before - lifting 55 pounds overhead with an explosive...governing body for Olympic-style weight lifting in the United States. "We recognize...
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Strong Man ; Area Weight-Lifting Legend Marks 10Th Anniversary Of Beating Lung Cancer
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 3/24/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...s "Father of Weight Lifting." "He's helped...Ruth brought into the weight-lifting fold at the YMCA, although...He ran and lifted weights and was the prototypical...life after cancer." Weight lifting may have been his first...
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Pump up, slim down? A new philosophy toward lifting weights is kicking sand in the face of the old muscle-bound image.(SOURCE)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 3/11/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...lose half a pound of weight; you lose half a pound...of thinking of using weights to pump up, we need...got." The image of weight lifting has been skewed since...exercise. But with weights, you also want to be...increased interest in weight lifting has found its way to...
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Weight Lifting for Kids? Wait Until Child Is Age 8.
Magazine article from: Family Practice News; 7/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...he said. Reported weight-lifting injuries in children...attempt outlandish weights, or imitate Olympic-level "power-lifting" moves that should...who are taught proper lifting form by qualified trainers...children gain strength from weight training or isometrics...
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weight lifting
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
weight lifting international sport, also...earliest times men have lifted weights as a test of strength...Turkey, and Japan, weight lifting became increasingly popular...United States after 1900. Weight classes govern competition...
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Exercise
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...range from walking and yoga to lifting weights and martial arts . Origins...and North America. Although weight training became popular with...once used mainly by male weight lifters and boxers as training...primarily aerobic, and weight lifting is mainly resistance. However...
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Physical Therapy
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...Massage, manipulation of the injured limb, weight lifting, and water therapy are mechanical forms...motion and eliminate pain from movement. Weight lifting involves the use of machines or free weights to strengthen and build muscle. Water...
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Solow Residual, The
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...As is well known, these weights correspond to the respective...example, suppose that to conduct weight-lifting exercises a gym requires a spotter...welfare. For instance, from the weight-lifting example we can see that a safety...
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Physical Activity and Nutrition
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...recommendations include aiming for a healthy weight; being physically active each day...walking, running, cycling, weight lifting, etc.), participation in sports...indirect, through control of body weight; however, physical activity alone...
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