Meanings
nounweight training (uncountable)
- uncountablehobbiesA form of physical exercise using weights to increase the strength and size of muscles by using exercises specific for each muscle group.
Synonyms: strength training, resistance training, weightlifting
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of physical exercise using weights to increase the strength and size of muscles by using exercises specific for each muscle group.
Also see
Translations
Catalan musculació
- musculacióform of physical exercise
Chinese Mandarin 肌力訓練 /肌力训练
- 肌力訓練 /肌力训练form of physical exercise
Finnish painoharjoittelu
- painoharjoitteluform of physical exercise
German Gewichtsübungen, Kraftübungen
- Gewichtsübungenform of physical exercise
- Kraftübungenform of physical exercise
Japanese 筋力トレーニング
- 筋力トレーニング (kinryoku torēningu)form of physical exercise
Korean 웨이트 트레이닝
- 웨이트 트레이닝 (weiteu teureining)form of physical exercise
Polish trening siłowy
- trening siłowyform of physical exercise
Romanian exerciții cu greutăți
- exerciții cu greutățiform of physical exercise
Spanish musculación
- musculaciónform of physical exercise
Swedish styrketräning, viktträning
- styrketräningform of physical exercise
- viktträningform of physical exercise
Cite this entry
APA
weight training. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weight%20training
MLA
“weight training.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weight%20training. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weight training,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weight%20training.
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