body-building
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The full Arnold Sports Festival was canceled last year, though a small body-building competition was held in September.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2022
Working on a building site, he spent much of his spare time body-building in gyms, which led to an ad-agency job modelling swimwear.
From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2020
My power-lifting and body-building buddies got a shout-out in the acknowledgements.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 7, 2019
Schwarzenegger, who was in town for the Arnold Sports Festival, a giant body-building and fitness extravaganza, said he first met Kasich as a candidate for Congress in the early 1980s.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2016
If carbohydrates and fat are present with protein, the former supply energy and allow the protein to perform its more important function of body-building.
From School and Home Cooking by Greer, Carlotta Cherryholmes