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(sports) A strength sport, consisting of three events: the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift. The maximum weight lifted in each event is totalled for a final score. quotations examples
For the first several years of my exclusive career in powerlifting, I couldn't bench too well.
1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, “Powersource: Ties that bind”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 21
(disability sports) A strength parasport, consisting of a single-rep benchpress. examples