weight training

American

noun

weightlifting done as a conditioning exercise.

weight training British

noun

physical exercise involving lifting weights to improve muscle performance

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"Even a quick 25-30 minute workout is pretty good. Sometimes I do more weight training, but not every time," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

They filled in questionnaires every two years, and included how much weight training exercise they did, we well as lower intensity exercise like yoga, and other activities such as gardening and climbing stairs.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

She threw herself into weight training and conditioning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

A new study examined how muscles respond to weight training when people eat different types of pork afterward.

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

And yet lately, every day I woke up and headed to the gym for weight training, I found myself wishing I were heading anywhere but there.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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