Then, after a day of hard rest, I turn in early, my belly mimicking the swells, until I am startled awake by the sensation of my body lifting off the mattress.

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Instead of lifting weights he used his own body weight for resistance.

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Poor people lifting themselves up in spirit, in body, and in wealth.

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Presently, there are two models in the works, a "combat variant" that just includes exoskeleton legs and attaches at the waist, much like Lockheed Martin's HULC, and the full-body "logistics variant" for lifting crates, missiles, bombs... you know, the usual.

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Despite the image of the sculpted African body, no African nation won an Olympic lifting medal.

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