Weight Lifting

Is a sport to test your strength and resistance. Weight lifting involves the application of various equipment to improve the targeted muscle groups. The type of equipment normally used are dumbbells, weighted bars, weight stacks and kettlebells.

Although weight lifting is totally different from body building and weight training it forms a vital component of any well rounded fitness routine.

Since it offers a continuum of benefits such as enhanced muscle tone, increased muscle strength, prevention of muscle and joint injury and also minimizes the risk of osteoporosis with better flexibility as well as flamboyant balance and decreased risk of cardiovascular diseases. Above all, weight lifting has been established to be very effective in increasing endurance.

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Weight lifting has a long history although, in olden times, it was to test manhood. Weight lifting gained the popularity in the 6th century, lifting heavy stones, Later, this period came to be known as the "age of strength."
 
Weight lifting competition was first seen as a sport in 1896; however, it was not included in the 1900 Olympics. Again, the art of weight lifting was noticed in 1904, albeit it was still not accepted as a Olympic sport, until 1920, when it was finally given the Olympic status.

In those early periods, the Olympics introduced some very strange weight lifting programs such as one and two handed lift with no weight division however, rules where changed in 1932 and five sub divisions have been established and form three disciplines, snatch, press and clean and jerk.

In snatch, the lifter lifted the weight above their head in one fast uninterrupted movement however, in the clean and jerk movement the weight is brought to the shoulders, then the weight is jerked above the head.

Later in 1972, the press division was abolished and only snatch and clean jerk where accepted as sports in the Olympic discipline.