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| Loaded barbell resting on a bench press station | Photo: Aditya Oberai / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Colour-coded weight plates stacked on a storage rack | Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Eugen Sandow posing, photographic print from 1894 | Photo: Unknown photographer (1894), Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain |
| Plate of grilled chicken with rice and vegetables | Photo: HaJunkiyada / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Chalkboard in a gym listing a structured workout plan | Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Close-up of heavy dumbbells on a rack | Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Woman training with dumbbells on a mat in a living room | Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Lifter adjusting plates on a barbell at a powerlifting competition | Photo: Senior Airman Haiden Morris / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain |
| Man gripping a loaded barbell at the start of a deadlift | Photo: Nenad Stojkovic / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Man setting up under a loaded barbell in a squat rack at a gym | Photo: Nenad Stojkovic / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Man performing a bench press in a local gym with a training partner nearby | Photo: Percy Ng'uni / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Man lifting a dumbbell from a rack in a gym | Photo: Nenad Stojkovic / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Man lying on a gym floor recovering between efforts | Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Competitors lined up on stage at the 1965 Mr. Holland bodybuilding contest in Amsterdam | Photo: Ron Kroon / Anefo, Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 |
| Packed meal-prep container with portioned food | Photo: Sgt. Gerald Hill / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain |
| Stacks of weight plates on a gym floor | Photo: Santeri Viinamäki / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Person whisking eggs in a bowl while preparing a meal | Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Woman performing a barbell back squat in a squat rack | Photo: Nenad Stojkovic / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Woman holding a loaded barbell across her upper back in a gym | Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Woman holding a barbell on her back in a squat rack, seen from behind | Photo: Nenad Stojkovic / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Woman using a cable machine for an upper-body exercise | Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Woman doing a seated hamstring stretch on a gym floor | Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Woman sitting and resting on a gym mat at the end of a session | Photo: Nenad Stojkovic / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Woman running on a treadmill in a gym | Photo: Nenad Stojkovic / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Woman sitting on the floor doing dumbbell curls | Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Woman sitting on a gym floor beside a kettlebell between sets | Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
| Woman stretching her arms in a gym before training | Photo: Nenad Stojkovic / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 |
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