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More to Explore Another technique Hutson has used is comparing bodybuilding and the pro-ana movement, which advocates for starvation diets and other dangerous weight-loss methods.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 22 Aug. 2025
It’s slipped out of the bodybuilding aisle and into the realm of beauty content, sitting alongside retinoids and LED masks as something you’re expected to have an opinion on.
—Sara Hussain, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
Risser's comedic journey began at age 61 after forays into data processing, travel agency ownership and competitive bodybuilding.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
The annual Labor Day tradition in Venice Beach is billed as the greatest outdoor bodybuilding show on Earth and is open to amateurs only.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 22 Aug. 2025
It’s slipped out of the bodybuilding aisle and into the realm of beauty content, sitting alongside retinoids and LED masks as something you’re expected to have an opinion on.
—Sara Hussain, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
Risser's comedic journey began at age 61 after forays into data processing, travel agency ownership and competitive bodybuilding.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
The annual Labor Day tradition in Venice Beach is billed as the greatest outdoor bodybuilding show on Earth and is open to amateurs only.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bodybuilding
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However, Melnikova’s gymnastics reign was cut short in 2022 when Russian forces invaded Ukraine.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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She, whose life would end in the last year of this leaden, sick, suffocating century, in a noose improvised with the rope of a gymnastics ring.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Morning yoga, aqua aerobics, dance classes, and bocce ball are particularly popular with the parents.—
Judy Koutsky,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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For more structured movement, Frank Brown Park offers group water aerobics classes in a heated outdoor pool—perfect for low-impact exercise and community connection year-round.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Aug. 2025
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Adjust settings to accommodate your body mechanics and ensure a comfortable range of motion.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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His background is in sports science, so body mechanics are important to him.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
9 Aug. 2025
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An alienated professor takes up weight lifting and ranting in Jordan Castro’s perceptive new novel, Muscle Man.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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Mahtomedi High School officials canceled Friday night’s football game against Bloomington Kennedy, saying the Washington County Sheriff’s Office had advised them to do so due to ongoing law enforcement activity in the area.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
20 Sep. 2025
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The most common tradeoff is raising interest rates to slow the economy and reduce inflation or, if jobs seem in trouble, lowering interest rates to increase economic activity.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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But what really won the people over is the intensely conditioning formula that transforms dry, ragged cuticles with a potent blend of black algae, açai berry, and black caviar extract.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The water shorted his air conditioning unit.—
Mario Ariza,
ProPublica,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Jacksonville, Florida, native underwent arduous physical conditioning for the role, including a six-day-a-week workout regimen and a three-day-a-week quarterback seminar with former NFLer Jordan Palmer alongside players vying to make the NFL.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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The compound increases stores of energy in your muscles, enabling them to sustain tough workouts.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Bodybuilding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bodybuilding. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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