Powerlifting is a sport in which athletes compete to lift the maximum sum weight of the three heavy weight events, squat, bench press and deadlift.
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Deadlift
Synonyms for "deadlift"
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28 translations across 23 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- ağırlığı yerdən qaldırma noun (weight training exercise)
- yerdən qaldırma noun (weight training exercise)
Bulgarian
1 entries- мъ́ртва тя́га noun (weight training exercise)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 硬拉 noun (weight training exercise)
Czech
2 entries- mrtvý tah noun (weight training exercise)
- pozved noun (weight training exercise)
Danish
1 entries- dødløft noun (weight training exercise)
Dutch
1 entries- deadliften verb (to lift)
Finnish
2 entries- maastanosto noun (weight training exercise)
- maastaveto noun (weight training exercise)
French
1 entries- soulevé de terre noun (weight training exercise)
German
1 entries- Kreuzheben noun (weight training exercise)
Hebrew
1 entries- דדליפט noun (weight training exercise)
Hungarian
1 entries- felhúzás noun (weight training exercise)
Icelandic
1 entries- réttstöðulyfta noun (weight training exercise)
Italian
1 entries- stacco da terra noun (weight training exercise)
Japanese
1 entries- デッドリフト noun (weight training exercise)
Kazakh
1 entries- бітімге тарту noun (weight training exercise)
Korean
1 entries- 데드리프트 noun (weight training exercise)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- markløft noun (weight training exercise)
Polish
3 entries- martwy ciąg noun (weight training exercise)
- wykonać martwy ciąg verb (to lift)
- wykonywać martwy ciąg verb (to lift)
Russian
1 entries- станова́я тя́га noun (weight training exercise)
Spanish
1 entries- peso muerto noun (weight training exercise)
Swedish
1 entries- marklyft noun (weight training exercise)
Turkish
1 entries- deadlift noun (weight training exercise)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ме́ртве зве́дення noun (weight training exercise)
Sample sentences
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The deadlift is a compound movement that trains the gluteus maximus, hamstrings, and other muscles in the posterior chain such as the erector spinae.
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2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii I never did a squat or a deadlift—the exercises I now know are best for building a bigger, stronger, more athletic-looking body—because I had access to leg-extension, leg-curl, and leg-press machines.
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