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body building

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noun

  1. the practice of performing regular exercises designed to make the muscles of the body conspicuous

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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During the 1980s, it was used as a sleep aid and a supplement for body building.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2020

St. Brown said he had no desire to get into body building so his father asked him what he wanted to do.

From Washington Times Sep. 8, 2016

Born Abdelrahman Shalan near Cairo, he began body building at 11 and was 14 when he saw a fellow enthusiast do an unusual high, straight leg lift followed by a stomp.

From Reuters Jul. 31, 2014

Judge John Woodcock ruled that sleep deprivation, stress, dehydration and ingestion of body building supplements contributed to Stansberry’s break, which lasted several days.

From Washington Post Aug. 23, 2011

Through the vegetable he gets the mineral necessary for his body building.

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