When the athlete holds the barbell overhead, the reaction

ANSWER: STEP 1:- To answer the question let’s have a look on this example. When you are standing in an elevator and the elevator is not moving at all, then you apply a force downward on the elevator’s floor. At the same time the floor pushes you with the same force which is called the normal force. These two forces balance each other so you are in equilibrium. This normal force is defined as the weight of the object in physics. STEP 2:- Now imagine when the elevator is moving upwards with an acceleration of “a”. So, you push the elevator downwards with a force of “mg”, and you are getting some normal reaction “N”. by the same time you are accelerating upwards. So, the equation will be, N mg = ma-----------------(1) N = mg + ma = m(g + a). So you can see here the weight increased while accelerating upwards. STEP 3:- But when you are accelerating downwards with an acceleration of “a”, then the equation will look like, mg N = ma-------------------(2) N = mg ma = m(g a) From the above equation we can see that the weight or normal reaction gets decreased while it is accelerating downwards. When the object is in free fall, then a=g and the weight will be, W = N = m(g g) = 0. This is the condition for weightlessness. All these are true for the athlete holding the mass.