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COMPLEMENTOS PESAS [2 records]

Record 1 2001-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weightlifting
  • Sports (General)
DEF

Metal or heavy plastic plates or a metal bar containing a certain number of these plates that can be lifted to increase muscular mass in the body.

OBS

The qualifier "free" should be used only in opposition to "fixed" weights, i.e., weights that cannot be removed, such as those found in a Universal gym station.

OBS

"Weights" is a weightlifting term and "free weights" is a general sports term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Haltérophilie
  • Sports (Généralités)
DEF

Instrument de gymnastique composé de 2 boules et de 2 disques de métal, de poids et de taille variables, réunis par une tige, et que l'on soulève pour développer les muscles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Halterofilia
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
OBS

"Complementos de pesas" es un término de halterofilia y "pesas olímpicas" es un término general.

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Record 2 2001-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Weightlifting
DEF

A contraption made of wire, pulleys, and cams attached to weights which is used in weight training to strengthen specific muscles and the ligaments and tendons surrounding them.

CONT

Having power and increased flexibility when you need it is what weight machine training is all about ... Two of the all-time greats, Lynn Adams and Shannon Wright, used weight machines to condition.

Key term(s)
  • weight machines

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Haltérophilie
DEF

Machine culturiste munie de poulies de renvoi qui permet de contrôler l'action musculaire.

CONT

[...] j'attache toujours un extenseur par une poignée à un arbre : je recrée ainsi un semblant d'appareil à contre-poids. Avec deux extenseurs, dans les mêmes conditions, je recrée un ensemble à deux «tirages».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Halterofilia
Key term(s)
  • complementos de pesas
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