Weightlifting is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with the aim of successfully lifting the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead. The snatch is a wide-grip lift, in which the weighted barbell is lifted overhead in one motion. The clean and jerk is a combination lift, in which the weight is first taken from the ground to the front of the shoulders, and then from the shoulders to over the head. The sport formerly included a third lift/event known as clean and press.
Olympic weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze lifting 258 kg at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil
Mohammad Reza Barari, an Iranian lifter, snatching at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil
Lidia Valentín of Spain performing a clean at the 2012 Olympic Games in London
The 110 kg division weightlifting winners at the 1980 Summer Olympics, held in Moscow
A barbell is a piece of exercise equipment used in weight training, bodybuilding, weightlifting, powerlifting and strongman, consisting of a long bar, usually with weights attached at each end.
A man performing a squat with a barbell loaded with four weight plates on each end
An Olympic bar mounted on a bench press bench
A barbell pad can be used to add a cushioning layer for high bar squats and hip thrusts.
An EZ curl bar
