English > physical exertion: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit. |
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| Example | "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit" |
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| Synonyms | exercise, exercising, physical exercise, workout |
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| Narrower | Kegel exercises, pubococcygeus exercises | Exercises for women designed to improve the ability to hold urine |
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| arm exercise | Exercise designed to strengthen the arm muscles |
| back exercise | Exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles |
| bodybuilding, anaerobic exercise, muscle building, musclebuilding | Exercise that builds / builds muscles through tension |
| calisthenics, callisthenics | light / light exercises designed to promote general fitness |
| cardiopulmonary exercise | Exercise intended to strengthen the circulatory system |
| gymnastic exercise | (gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus) |
| isometrics, isometric exercise | Muscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding exercises) involving muscular contractions against resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the length of the muscle does not change) |
| isotonic exercise | Exercise in which opposing muscles contract and there is controlled movement (tension is constant while the lengths of the muscles change) |
| kick up | Raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground |
| leg exercise | Exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles |
| neck exercise | Exercise designed to strengthen the neck muscles |
| set, exercise set | Several exercises intended to be done in series |
| stomach exercise, tummy crunch | An exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles |
| stretch, stretching | Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent |
| yoga | A system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind |
| Broader | effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat | Use of physical or mental energy |
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| Spanish | ejercicio, entrenamiento |
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| Catalan | entrenament, exercici físic, exercici |
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