The act of lowering a weight againt gravity, speicifcally, resisting gravity by lowering the weight slowly and under control. Your absolute strength in a given movement. Powerlifting competitions are a test of 1RM strength. For many bodybuilders, especially beginners, 1RM training is harmful because of the higher risk of injury. The weights that you put on an Olympic dumbell, specifically a 45 pound weight.
Helps avoid injury and burnout.
The act of increasing your poundage while decreasing your reps on successive sets. A condition of extremely low bodyfat with superior muscle separation and vascularity. Variations include sliced, cut, and cross-straited. Moving a weight through a range of motion and then back again one time, short for repetition. A unit of exercise measurement consisting of a movement that is repeated a desired number of time.