weightlifts

Does barbell exercises

Weightlifts is the third-person singular of weightlift, meaning to lift weights as exercise or sport.

The verb is a back-formation from weightlifting—the activity came first, then the verb was extracted from it: She weightlifts three times a week.

More common phrasings are lifts weights or does weightlifting.

strength

barbells

Weighted lifting bars

deadlifts · repetitions · sets · resistance · muscles · power · iron · plates · racks · gains

competition

Olympic lifting

Snatch and clean-and-jerk competition

championships · records · medals · athlete · federation · meet · nationals · qualifier · judge · attempt

fitness

gym

Exercise facility

powerlifting · CrossFit · exercise · conditioning · toning · sculpting · bulking · cutting · routine · regimen

Opposites
type of exercise

weightliftsruns

Moves fast on foot

jogs · swims · cycles · sprints · walks

physical activity level

weightliftsrests

Ceases work temporarily

lounges · lies down · relaxes · atrophies · vegetates

Phrases
Family

weightlifter, weightlifting, weightlifters

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G