body-building
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Showing or describing competitive eating contests; fitness routines, sports and nutrition that are not primarily focused on extreme weight loss, marathon training or body-building competitions; and religious diet behavior and fasting will still be allowed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2024
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
Atwater, an American authority, thought that there should be a generous supply, i.e. a surplus of protein, to supply the demands of body-building.
From School and Home Cooking by Greer, Carlotta Cherryholmes
