Definitions of free weight
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sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and armssynonyms: exercising weight, weighttypes:barbella bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightliftingdumbbellan exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handletype of:sports equipmentequipment needed to participate in a particular sport
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Physical Education - Introductory
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