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barbell

[bahr-bel] / ˈbɑrˌbɛl /
NOUN
free weight
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During a typical session, he does supersets of barbell hip thrusts, planks and walking lunges with 30-pound dumbbells.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

“People are looking for some of that barbell optionality in LatAm financials and commodities,” he says.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

To exploit the wide performance dispersion of AI winners and losers, Cau and team recommend a barbell approach.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

Iko, a newcomer, started with a Micro Mini Cart that can hold barbell weights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

His father taught him how to work a punching bag and made him a barbell from two lead-filled coffee cans welded to a pipe.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand




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