weight training

American  

noun

1. weightlifting done as a conditioning exercise.

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weight training British  

noun

1. physical exercise involving lifting weights to improve muscle performance

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Example Sentences

“I feel like everyone has been getting so much better over spring ball, summer training, weight training and conditioning. I know that we’ve all been working so hard to put our all into everything this season because obviously last season didn’t go as we wanted it to go.”

From Seattle Times

With Bommarito, Holcomb would focus on his speed and footwork, as well as weight training.

From Washington Post

If Suzuki’s foundation was established by traditional Japanese training methods that emphasize repetition, his evolution into Nippon Professional Baseball’s most well-rounded player is something he credits to more modern methods that include weight training.

From Los Angeles Times

On both the Japanese national team and Hiroshima Carp, Seiya Suzuki wears the same No. 51 that was popularized by Ichiro Suzuki, but doesn’t share the beliefs of his childhood hero, who once argued against weight training by saying, “You can’t alter the balance with which you were born. Tigers and lions don’t lift weights.”

From Los Angeles Times

For someone like Andrew, who swims thousands of yards every day, or Rupp, whose regimen includes more than 100 miles each week plus weight training and core work, or Noah Syndergaard, the pitcher for the Mets, or Mikaela Shiffrin, the champion skier, or any of the other top athletes who have started incorporating blood flow restriction, the technique allows them to reduce the likelihood of a repetitive stress injury and speed up recovery time.

From New York Times