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• n  a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting

• Neurophysiologists have long dreamed of building artificial limbs with tactile feedback that would be sufficiently sensitive to tell a user when a hand is grasping a barbell .
• On first inspection, balancing on Ginger seems only slightly more feasible than balancing on a barbell.
• I looked at one of the men and raised my arms, miming a barbell ascending skyward.

News & Articles

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• Think Tank Photo’s Second "About A Photograph™" Video Features Sports Photographer Simon Bruty’s London Olympics Photo
  Think Tank Photo today released the second in its “About A Photograph™” video series. Sports Illustrated staff photographer Simon Bruty narrates the events behind his London Olympics’ image of German Olympic weightlifter Matthias Steiner barely escaping injury when he dropped a 432 pound barbell onto his neck. (PRWeb June 26, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6 ...
  June 26, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Hiromi Miyake in The Daily Yomiuri
  I've done everything I could do. What I have to do [on Saturday] is will myself to lift the barbell ,Hiromi said.