(v.) weightlifting manoeuvre in which the lifter holds a barbell flat against his waist whilst standing with forearms turned out. He then rolls the barbell up with his elbows as a fulcrum to just below his chin, before bringing it down in a controlled descend.
A straight, curved or circular piece of metal used as jewlery for piercings. Has a ball on each end that screws into the shaft. Can be made of stainless steel, titanium or niobium. Sometimes acrylic plastics are used. The different shapes often get stupid nicknames, such as belly "ring" (a curved barbell); horseshoe (circular barbell) or tounge "ring" or "stud" (a straight barbell). See also cbr.
A straight, W-shaped or slightly curved bar approximately between 4' and 8' in length that has cast iron or cement-filled plastic weights at either end, and used moved to increase strength in a great deal of movements. A free weight.
Bicep curls, benchpresses, militar presses, tricep curls or any other two handed movement where both arms move in the same direction.
A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.
For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flyingeverywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brownwill also be accompanied by a dark soda.
When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flexcash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.