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Calisthenics   /kˌæləsθˈɛnɪks/   Listen
Calisthenics

noun
1.
The practice of calisthenic exercises.  Synonym: callisthenics.
2.
Light exercises designed to promote general fitness.  Synonym: callisthenics.






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"Calisthenics" Quotes from Famous Books



... Aida, who had risen from the basket and removing the last remains of sleep from her system by a series of calisthenics of her own invention, as if she suspected her of masculinity. Mrs. Pett could not help wondering what tragedy in the dim past had caused this hatred of males on the part of her visitor. Miss Trimble ...
— Piccadilly Jim • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

... duties requiring active movement. But this should be regarded only as the minimum of exercise; athletic work should be encouraged (and this will be done by the present activities of those "higher up"); bayonet training will be found an excellent medium of accomplishing a double purpose; calisthenics should be short but snappy and vigorous. A vigorous policy of an officer as regards things of this sort will ward off a great many minor ills and particularly "colds," which are often the result of ...
— Military Instructors Manual • James P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker



Words linked to "Calisthenics" :   exercising, practice, plural form, plural, workout, pattern, physical exertion, exercise, physical exercise, calisthenic



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