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York Barbell, the Glossary

York Barbell is an American-based international manufacturer of fitness products.^[1]

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1932 establishments in Pennsylvania
American companies established in 1932
Manufacturing companies established in 1932
Physical culture
Weight training equipment

Alan Calvert

Alan Calvert (1875 – June 24, 1944) was an American weightlifter, businessman, magazine publisher, and the author of several books.

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Alternative medicine

Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability or evidence of effectiveness.

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Robert Collins Hoffman (November 9, 1898 – July 18, 1985) was an American entrepreneur who rose to prominence as the owner of York Barbell.

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Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is the practice of progressive resistance exercise to build, control, and develop one's muscles via hypertrophy. York Barbell and Bodybuilding are Physical culture.

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Clean and jerk

The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk.

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Dietary supplement

A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement a person's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid.

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Food and Drug Administration

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Frank Spellman

Frank Isaac Spellman (September 17, 1922 – January 12, 2017) was an American machinist and photographer and a middleweight Olympic champion weightlifter.

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International Weightlifting Federation

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) (Fédération International d’Haltérophilie), is the international governing body for the sport of Weightlifting.

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John Terpak

John Basil Terpak (July 4, 1912 – June 1, 1993) was an American world champion weightlifter.

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The LA84 Foundation (known until June 2007 as the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles) is a private, nonprofit institution created by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee to manage Southern California's endowment from the 1984 Olympic Games.

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Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania

Manchester Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Powerlifting

Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift.

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President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition

The President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition (PCSFN) is an American government organization that aims to promote "programs and initiatives that motivate people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to lead active, healthy lives." It is part of the Office of Public Health and Science, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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Quackwatch

Quackwatch is a United States-based website, self-described as a "network of people" founded by Stephen Barrett, which aims to "combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct" and to focus on "quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere".

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Stephen Barrett

Stephen Joel Barrett (born 1933) is an American retired psychiatrist, author, co-founder of the National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF), and the webmaster of Quackwatch.

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Tony Terlazzo

Anthony Terlazzo (July 28, 1911 – March 26, 1966) was an Italian-born American weightlifter.

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United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States.

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Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg

The men's 75 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place on 10 August at the Empress Hall of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.

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York, Pennsylvania

York is a city in, and the county seat of, York County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as (Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held during the worldwide Great Depression, with some nations not traveling to Los Angeles as a result; 37 countries competed, compared to the 46 at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, and even then-U.S.

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1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Barbell

Also known as York Barbell Company, York Fitness.