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calisthenics

[kal-uhs-then-iks] / ˌkæl əsˈθɛn ɪks /




NOUN
physical education
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Calisthenics: Calisthenics use your body weight as a strength training tool.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021

Ms. Frink and Mr. McNeil wrote a book together, “Flexus: Trumpet Calisthenics for the Modern Improvisor,” which has become an essential resource for many trumpeters since its publication a decade ago.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2013

Calisthenics booklets, furnished by an oil company, disappeared from local gas stations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Calisthenics were necessarily light and not long in duration, on account of the lack of space on deck.

From Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division by Kilner, Frederic R.

I was thrown into an ecstasy of astonishment, when, in glancing over the names of the honorable Faculty, my attention was arrested by words to this effect: Miss Hurribattle, Professor of Calisthenics and Female Deportment.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various




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