weightlift

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Noun	1.	weightlift - bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights weightlifting anaerobic exercise, bodybuilding, muscle building, musclebuilding - exercise that builds muscles through tension jerk - raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms bench press - a weightlift in which you lie on your back on a bench and press weights upward clean, clean and jerk - a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead military press, press - a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead snatch - a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
Verb	1.	weightlift - lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds" weight-lift, press exercise, work out - do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day"

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The BDS is a nine-item measure on which participants rate their dependency to weightlift on a seven-point Likert scale with 1 representing "Strongly Disagree" and 7 representing "Strongly Agree.

The results further show that all three functions of imagery predict dependency to weightlift over and above that predicted by time spent weightlifting.