monolift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A weight rack on which the rest of the bar is levered away automatically or by a spotter so the (at heavy weights injury-risky) repositioning of the athlete’s legs for a squat (the walkout) or shoulders for a benchpress can be avoided for execution of the exercise.

Word forms

monolift monolifts

Etymology

Early 1990s genericized trademark, from mono- + lift.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.