weightlifting record
Maximum documented lift
A weightlifting record is the highest weight successfully lifted in a particular category or exercise, officially recognized by a governing body.
Records are typically classified by weight class, gender, and lift type (snatch, clean and jerk, or total): She broke the world record in the 64kg clean and jerk.
Records may be set at various levels—gym, national, world—and in different federations with varying rules.
- powerliftingMaximal barbell competition sport
- barbellWeighted exercise apparatus
- deadliftGround-to-hip barbell raise
- snatchRapid forceful taking
- clean and jerkTwo-stage weightlifting technique
clean · jerk · squat · bench press · one rep max · Olympic · Olympic trials · world stage · strongman · plates · iron · gym · max · tonnage · competition · athlete · gold medal · podium