Weightlifting is very interesting or exciting sports but also dangerous. Weightlifting has ancient origins. It feature at the first modern Olympics games in Athens in 1986. The Highest Government body is International Weightlifting Federation and first developed in Ancient Greece ,Egypt, china.

THE EQUIPMENT IS USED IN WEIGHT LIFTING :-
BARBELL
Olympic Weightlifting exercise a steel rod commonly recognized as a BARBELL(steel rod) of larger diameter. The Olympic Barbell(rod) weighs 20 kg (44lbs) and diameter isn2.8m & a length visn220m. whereas Women’s Olympic barbell weighs is 331lbs & radius is 12.5mm with the length od 2010mm.

BARBELL
BUMPER PLATES
The weight plates(bumper plates) . weight plate compart by International Standard for colouring The green weigh 10kg.
Yellow weigh 15kg.
Blue weigh 20kg
Red weigh for 25kg.

Many equipment is used like Bumper , Competition, Iron plates, Collars, Singlet, Chalk, Tape, Shoes.
