Strength and Physique Sports

Sports built on lifting, carrying or displaying muscular strength. Weightlifting and powerlifting are decided by the heaviest weight lifted under set technique, strongman by feats such as carrying and pulling heavy objects, and bodybuilding by the judged size, symmetry and definition of the physique. What belongs here is a sport where strength or muscular development is the measure. Every sport filed in this group belongs to the Gymnastics and Strength Sports category and has its own entry in the Sport and Games Atlas, from which a reader can follow links on to its leading athletes, its competitions and the governing bodies that set its rules.