bench

benches (plural)
benk (alternative dialectal)
bink (alternative dialectal)

→ Hindi: बेंच (beñc)

→ Japanese: ベンチ (benchi)

→ Korean: 벤치 (benchi)

→ Swahili: benchi

→ Urdu: بِنْچ (binc)

From Middle English bench, benk, bynk, from Old English benċ (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-.
Cognate with Scots benk, bink (“bench”), West Frisian bank (“bench”), Dutch bank (“bench”), German Bank (“bench”), Danish bænk (“bench”), Swedish bänk (“bench”), Icelandic bekkur (“bench”). Doublet of banc, banco, and bank.

эскәмйә

sports: where players sit when not playing

2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
I had no bench or power rack, so by necessity every exercise I did started with the weights on the floor.

A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.

بِنْش

weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack


floor exercise

(gymnastics) A performance on a mat-covered floor using no apparatus.


Bulgarian

en-noun

Bulgarian (countable and uncountable, plural Bulgarians)

Yes, Bulgarians attack glutes (and this one does too!) but all the pauses and pulses in this series will also exhaust your quads.

2020 October 27, Ebenezer Samuel, “These 10 Moves Will Build Monster Quads”, in Men's Health:

Bulgarian split squat
Bulgarian split squat#English

(countable, exercise) Ellipsis of Bulgarian split squat.

Wiktionary’s coverage of Bulgarian terms


qigong

qigong (usually uncountable, plural qigongs)

qigongs (plural)
qi gong (alternative)
chi kung (alternative)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 氣功 /气功 (qìgōng, “breath work, qi work”).

bor

Some people may suddenly speak a language and speak it quite fluently. However, it is not a language of human society. What can it be called? It can be called "cosmic language" (宇宙語). Actually it is nothing but a language of subtle beings in a space only a little bit higher than ours. Now quite a few of qigong practitioners in China have had such an experience. Some can even speak several such languages.

1998 May, Li HongZhi, CHINA FALUN GONG (REVISED EDITION) (English Version), Hong Kong: Falun Fo Fa Publishing Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 29:

My patients laud qigong as a stressbuster and cure for pesky chronic symptoms that baffle doctors.

2004, Judith Orloff, Positive Energy, page 112:

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

(fitness, alternative medicine) A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.


hold

Derived from Middle English holden, derived from Old English healdan, derived from Proto-West Germanic *haldan, derived from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to tend, herd”), maybe derived from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”).
Cognates
*West Frisian hâlde
*Low German holden, holen
*Dutch houden
*German halten
*Danish
*Norwegian Bokmål holde
*Norwegian Nynorsk halda.
Compare Latin celer (“quick”), Tocharian B käl- (“to goad, drive”), Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō, “to drive”), Sanskrit कलयति (kalayati, “to impel”).

der+

(exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time


set

From Middle English set, sete, sette (“that which is set, the act of setting, seat”), from Old English set (“setting, seat, a place where people remain, habitation, camp, entrenchment, a place where animals are kept, stall, fold”) and Old English seten (“a set, shoot, slip, branch; a nursery, plantation; that which is planted or set; a cultivated place; planting, cultivation; a setting, putting; a stopping; occupied land”), related to Old English settan (“to set”). Compare Middle Low German gesette (“a set, suite”), Old English gesetl (“assembly”). According to Skeat, in senses denoting a group of things or persons, representing an alteration of sept, from Old French sette (“a religious sect”), from Medieval Latin secta (“retinue”), from Latin secta (“a faction”). See sect. It is quite possible that the modern word is more of a merger between both, however.

cog

Meronym: reps

This is the fourth set of benchpresses.

1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 22:

(exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.


gym

Near-synonyms: health club, sports club

hit the gym

He's been hitting the gym a lot. He has a membership at a commercial gym and also a bit of a home gym.

Working out in commercial gyms, if anything, made my workouts worse instead of better.

2008, Lou Schuler, “Foreward”, in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii:

Pete, I want to work out. Where is the gym?

2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

(especially weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

gimnasium

sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise

헬스클럽 (helseukeulleop, literally “health club”)


workout

The following guidelines for smart weekly scheduling can simplify this piece of the planning: Swim three or four workouts each week.

2008, Jim Montgomery, Mo Chambers, Mastering Swimming, page 157:

An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.

məşq

an exercise session; a period of physical exercise


work out

en-verb

work out (third-person singular simple present works out, present participle working out, simple past and past participle worked out)

works out (present singular third-person)
working out (participle present)
worked out (participle past)
worked out (past)

John won't be here for a while because he's working out.

Wow, you're looking good! Do you work out?

(intransitive) To exercise, especially by lifting weights.


oblique

From Middle French oblique, from Latin oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”).

uder

(exercise) The musculus obliquus externus abdominis or also obliquus internus abdominis.


sit-up

sit-ups (plural)
situp (alternative)
sit up (alternative)

Susan's doing sit-ups to strengthen her muscles.

An exercise in which the abdominal muscles are contracted, bringing the torso of a person lying down to a more upright position.


glute

The hamstrings also get worked in a number of quad and glute moves.

2010, Adam Garett, “Fried Hams”, in Reps!, 17:23:

(exercise, colloquial) A gluteal muscle.


crunch

From earlier craunch, cranch, of imitative origin.

But even I draw the line at “doing crunches” in designer clothes. Fashion sneakers are for swanking around the shops, not for running in. And so, like everyone else, I wear grotty old tracksuits earmarked for Oxfam, and tragic free festival T-shirts that give away my age.

2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times:

(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.

捲腹 /卷腹

form of abdominal exercise based on a sit-up


squat

From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”).
The sense “nothing” may be the source or a derivation of diddly-squat.

(exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.

The king of all quad exercises, and arguably the best single-weight resistance exercise, is the squat.

2001, Robert Wolff, Robert Wolff's Book of Great Workouts: Everything You Need to Know to Vary Your Routine and Keep You Motivated, Lincolnwood and Chicago, Ill.: Contemporary Books, →ISBN, pages 58–59:

Before we can discuss ass-to-grass squats, or ATG squats for short, we must first establish some knowledge about squats in general. […] Now, lift the bar off the squat rack rests and step away from any part of the rack that may inhibit a full range of motion.

2021 September 9, “Should You Squat Ass-to-Grass? The Debate is Over”, in Steel Supplements:

barbell back squat
barbell back squat#English

(weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat).


squat

en-verb

squat (third-person singular simple present squats, present participle squatting, simple past and past participle squatted)

squats (present singular third-person)
squatting (participle present)
squatted (participle past)
squatted (past)

(exercise) To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.

For those who are having, or have had, trouble squatting we suggest learning how to squat by performing the front squat […] The front squat allows you almost no alternative but to perform the exercise correctly.

1994, Kurt Brungardt, Mike Brungardt, Brett Brungardt, The Complete Book of Butt and Legs, New York, N.Y.: Villard Books, →ISBN, page 161:

(weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.


progression

en-noun

progression (countable and uncountable, plural progressions)

/pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/

(exercise) The process of making an exercise more strenuous by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.


dip

dip (countable and uncountable, plural dips)

From Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-West Germanic *duppjan, from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną; see *daupijaną (“to dip”). Related to deep.

(bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.


fartlek

fartlek (countable and uncountable, plural fartleks)

Borrowed from Swedish fartlek, from fart (“speed”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”)) + lek (“child’s play”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump around, run around; to frolic, play; to dance; to jitter, shake”)).

der

In an article in Athletics Journal, Paul A. Smith described fartlek as "a continuous overdistance run with numerous faster-paced interval runs interspersed, until the runner feels tired, but not exhausted." Smith claimed that because fartlek existed in the mind of the runner as a form of play, it deemphasized the feeling or perception of fatigue. […] In a typical fartlek workout, you pick some landmark such as a tree or a bush and sprint to it, then jog until you've recovered.

1992, Hal Higdon, “Fartlek: A Time-tested Treasure”, in Kathleen A. Becker, editor, Run Fast: How to Train for a 5-K or 10-K Race, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, →ISBN, pages 128–129:

An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout.

vauhtileikittely

training technique in which periods of intense effort alternative with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout


jog

en-verb

jog (third-person singular simple present jogs, present participle jogging, simple past and past participle jogged)

jogs (present singular third-person)
jogging (participle present)
jogged (participle past)
jogged (past)

Of uncertain origin. Originally with the meaning of "to shake up and down".
Perhaps an early alteration of English shog (“to jolt, shake; depart, go”), from Middle English shoggen, schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schocken (“to shog”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skukkōn (“to move, shake, tremble”). More at shock.
Alternatively from Middle English joggen, a variant of jaggen (“to pierce, prod, stir up, arouse”) (see jag).

der

I saw her jogging in the forest yesterday.

(exercise, intransitive) To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace.


windmill

From Middle English wyndmylne, wyndmylle, equivalent to wind + mill. Cognate with Scots wyndmyln, wyndmyl, Saterland Frisian Wíendmäälne, West Frisian wynmûne, Dutch windmolen, Afrikaans windmeul, Dutch Low Saxon windmölle (Achterhooks), wiendmeule (Drents, Veluws), German Low German Windmöhl, German Windmühle, Danish vindmølle, Norwegian Bokmål vindmølle, Norwegian Nynorsk vindmølle, vindmylne, Swedish vindmölla, Icelandic vindmylla.
(imaginary enemy): A reference to Don Quixote tilting at windmills.

Any of various muscle exercises in which a large deal of the body makes a great circle, typically one where a kettlebell is raised overhead and the torso is rotated to the other side with the hand reaching its foot (hitting the core, glutes, hamstrings, trapezius, rhomboids, deltoids and rotator cuffs) but sometimes even a windshield wiper.


windscreen wiper

en-noun

windscreen wiper (plural windscreen wipers)

(bodybuilding) An exercise where the back is parallel to the ground (lying on it or hanging via the arms from a pull-up bar) and the legs are perpendicular to the floor so that the lower torso with the legs is rotated to target the Musculus obliquus externus abdominis, the Musculus quadratus lumborum and the Musculus rectus abdominis.


windshield wiper

windshield wiper (plural windshield wipers)

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kickback

kickback (countable and uncountable, plural kickbacks)

kickbacks (plural)
kick-back (alternative)
kick back (alternative)

Kickbacks work the triceps muscle at the back of your arm. Exercising these muscles helps eliminate arm jiggle.

2010, Christina T. Loguidice, Bill Loguidice, Wii Fitness For Dummies:

(countable) A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.


aquacise

en-verb

aquacise (third-person singular simple present aquacises, present participle aquacising, simple past and past participle aquacised)

aquacises (present singular third-person)
aquacising (participle present)
aquacised (participle past)
aquacised (past)

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She aquacised the hippos in the zoo's pond before feeding them.


bicycle kick

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A form of exercise in which one lies on one's back and makes cycling motions with the legs.


pull-down

en-noun

pull-down (countable and uncountable, plural pull-downs)

pull-downs (plural)
pulldown (alternative)

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(exercise) An exercise mostly performed by pulling cables, a bar, or handles from a machine situated diagonally to the front top of the sportsman and targetting the rear muscles.


Pilates

Named after German physical trainer Joseph Pilates.

named-after

"Watto will spend the entire winter stretching and doing Pilates, and do a hamstring after bending down to pick up his petrol cap after dropping it filling his car at Caltex Cronulla."

2014 April 14, Matt Cleary, “What do Australia's cricketers do on holiday?”, in ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 2015-07-21:

A physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates.


step aerobics

a form of aerobics involving repeated stepping up onto, and down from a block or platform


aerobics

→ Bulgarian: аеро́бика (aeróbika)

→ Dutch: aerobics

→ Esperanto: aerobiko

→ Greek: αερόμπικ (aerómpik)

→ Spanish: aeróbic, aerobic

→ Swedish: aerobics

→ Welsh: aerobeg

A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.


fitness

en-noun

fitness (usually uncountable, plural fitnesses)

From fit + -ness. First attested in the 16th century, with the physical sense from 1935.

Having introduced my two characters separately, let me present them together. Why not? He, young, wealthy, honorable; she also young, also intelligent — why not bring them together? There is an eternal fitness in all things, and nothing more so than in the case of man and woman.

1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 5:

The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.

Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.

2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:

The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.

صِحَّة

cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique

(evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.

kecocokan

(UK, slang) The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.


weight training

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(weightlifting) A form of physical exercise using weights to increase the strength and size of muscles by using exercises specific for each muscle group.


jogging

jogging (countable and uncountable, plural joggings)

→ French: jogging

→ Italian: jogging

→ Portuguese: jogging

→ Spanish: jogging

The practice of running at a relatively slow pace for exercise.


stretching

stretching (countable and uncountable, plural stretchings)

From Middle English strecching, strecchinge, equivalent to stretch + -ing.

/ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ/

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A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.


pull-up

pull-ups (plural)
pullup (alternative)
pull up (alternative)

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DeWitt compared the average number of pullups college men can do grasping the bar with palms toward the face (supinated) and palms away from the face (pronated), and with kicking and kipping while raising the body. The subjects averaged 2.08 more pullups with the palms supinated than with the palms pronated.

1978 Physical Fitness Research Digest page 3

1983, An Electromyographic Study of the Latissimus Dorsi and Pectoralis Major During the Performance of Pronated and Supinated Pull-ups:

2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
I did lots of push-ups and pull-ups, and my only regret is that I stopped doing them as a young adult when I finally got to work out in health clubs instead of my basement or garage.

An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar. Palms may be facing in any direction.

набиране

an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back


push-up

An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor.

تَمْرِين اَلضَّغَط

exercise performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor


bird dog

bird dogs (plural)
bird-dog (alternative)
birddog (alternative)

A hyperextension exercise performed lying on the knees, with one arm and the opposite leg lifted.


calisthenics

From Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos, “strength”) + -ics.

af

Just before sacktime, the Captain stood beside his sleeping bag doing his daily calisthenics; stripped down to his flaming red long johns, […]

1968, Seon Manley, Gogo Lewis, Polar Secrets: A Treasury of the Arctic and Antarctic, page 105:

(in the plural) Physical exercises with the participation of a multitude of muscles and often minimal equipment (thus, usually bodyweight exercises); strength training aspects and cardio aspects are both involved, and stamina is often a focus.

(in the singular) A system of such exercises.


hyperextension

en-noun

hyperextension (countable and uncountable, plural hyperextensions)

hyperextensions (plural)
hyper (alternative colloquial)

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An exercise performed by lying on the stomach, ideally inclined upwards as on a Roman chair to reach a higher range of motion, and raising and lowering the upper torso.


regression

regression (countable and uncountable, plural regressions)

/ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹiːˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹəˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹəˈɡɹeʃ.ən/

/rɪˈɡrɛ.ʃən/

Learned borrowing from Latin regressio. Equivalent to regress + -ion.
The statistics sense comes from regression to the mean.

(exercise) The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.


woodchop

woodchops (plural)
wood chop (alternative)

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A strength training movement wherein a kettlebell, band or cable is tugged by medial movement of the arms in front of the body from above one side of the transverse plane to below its other side, targetting the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles while standing.


jump rope

jump rope (countable and uncountable, plural jump ropes)

jump ropes (plural)
jumprope (alternative)
jump-rope (alternative)

(uncountable) (also jump-roping, jumping rope) The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants.


backstretch

backstretches (plural)
back stretch (alternative)
back-stretch (alternative)

I went over to the other bed and lay down. My knees were hanging over the side of the bed, providing me with a fairly decent back stretch. With my eyes closed, I could hear sleep calling.

2014, Tim O'Mara, Dead Red (Raymond Donne Mysteries; 3), New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 264:

The upper backstretches require that you stand in position with your feet at a slight distance apart 'than shoulder-width, while the knees are bent slightly.' Intertwine the fingers and then 'push your hands as far away from' the chest area 'as feasible.'

2017, “Live Longer and Stay Healthy while Feeling Younger”, in Fitness & Exercise: The Most Comprehensive Work-out Manual to Strengthen Your Body & Improve Your Health, [s.l.]: Ouvrage Collectif, →ISBN, page 86:

(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.


step-up

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(exercise) A workout movement wherein one leg stands on an elevated surface and lifts in the concentric part the rest of the body up onto it to target – depending on angle and starting distance of the other leg and weights applied by the arms – the femoral and gluteal muscles variously.


bus driver

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An exercise for the anterior deltoid performed by extending the arms and rotating them with a weight plate or rarely olympic bar.


hams

Powerful hip extension is essential if you hope to squat heavier, jump higher or run faster, making it essential to train the hams using focused hip-extension exercises (like the romanian deadlift).

(exercise, slang) The hamstring muscles; the biceps femoris


bunny hop

An exercise whereby the person crouches on their haunches and then extends their legs and springs up, jumping vertically into the air like a rabbit hopping.


press-up

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(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Synonym of push-up (“exercise”).


bodyweight

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Without access to a gym, Steve focused on bodyweight work.

As a warmup, Jennifer did ten bodyweight squats.

Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.


sexercise

sexercise (countable and uncountable, plural sexercises)

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In addition, there are books on sexercise aimed at strengthening and promoting flexibility in muscles that are purported to be of special significance to sexual activity.

1989, Herant A. Katchadourian, Fundamentals of Human Sexuality, page 354:

Several women at a Chicago branch YWCA have taken a step that many more of their sisters might soon follow as participants in a sexercise program, which essentially is geared to strengthen the pelvic region with a series of somewhat strenuous but apparently effective exercises.

1974, “Sexercises Swinging New Way To Strengthen Body”, in Jet, volume 46, number 7, page 44:

Exercise that is directed towards the improvement of sexual performance.


cardio

cardio (usually uncountable, plural cardios)

/ˈkɑː.dɪ.əʊ/

I did some cardio today instead of lifting weights.

For decades, trainers and scientists have debated whether and how to mix cardio and resistance exercise. Some small studies suggest combining the two might up the likely gains from each, especially the resistance training.

2021 November 3, Gretchen Reynolds, “Cardio Before Weight Lifting May Help Boost Muscle”, in The New York Times:

(exercise) Exercise with the goal of raising the heart rate.


batwing

batwings (plural)
bat wing (alternative)
bat-wing (alternative)
bat's wing (alternative)

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(often attributive) An exercise or posture on the stomach wherein a dumbbell row or lateral raise is performed.


kegel

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After Arnold Kegel. The surname is of German origin; see Kegel (“skittle, bowling pin”).

The parenting magazines are on a higher moral plane than the how-to-get-a-guy magazines, just as a man going home to his wife and children (or a woman breast-feeding a baby) is on a higher moral plane than a man out trolling for nookie (or a woman flexing her Kegels in preparation for a date).

1999 July 19, Hendrik Hertzberg, “The Parent Trap”, in The New Yorker:

Done for a few minutes a day, Kegels can ease childbirth, help with recovery, prevent incontinence — even improve your sex life.

2014 July 14, Roni Caryn Rabin, “Pelvic Exercises for Men, Too”, in The New York Times:

Hop on top, I wanna ride / I do a kegel while it's inside

2020 August 7, Cardi B, “WAP” ft. Megan Thee Stallion, Atlantic Records:

A contraction of the pubococcygeal muscles, performed for the purpose of strengthening them.


kegel

en-verb

kegel (third-person singular simple present kegels, present participle kegeling, simple past and past participle kegeled)

kegels (present singular third-person)
kegeling (participle present)
kegeled (participle past)
kegeled (past)

To future appointments, I wear a skirt and thigh-highs so that I can Kegel with my outfit intact.

2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times:

(intransitive) To clench one's perineum and pelvic muscles.


parcourse

From French "parcours du combattant", a military obstacle course, from Latin "percurrere", to move through, influenced by English "course".

A path or course, usually public, consisting of various obstacles or areas, designed for exercise purposes.


muscle-up

The muscle-up starts from a hang with a high or false grip.

1966, Eric Lester Hughes, Gymnastics for Men, page 269:

An exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar to a position above the bar.


muscle up

muscle up (third-person singular simple present muscles up, present participle muscling up, simple past and past participle muscled up)

muscles up (present singular third-person)
muscling up (participle present)
muscled up (participle past)
muscled up (past)

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We spent the summer trying to muscle up for football next term.

(transitive, intransitive) To train the muscles for increased size and strength.

se muscler

to train the muscles for increased size and strength


lateral raise

You'd never dream of doing just bench presses to build a massive chest, or only lateral raises to build up your shoulders, so you'll surely limit your overall leg development if you restrict your hamstring training to leg curls.

2010, Adam Garett, “Fried Hams”, in Reps!, 17:23:

(weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arm is raised and lowered against resistance – such as through use of a dumbbell, cable, or resistance band –, isolating the deltoids.


Zumba

From trademark Zumba created by the Colombian Beto Pérez. He wanted to call it "rumba", but this name was already taken for the Cuban musical genre and could create confusion. So he and his partner began to try initial letters until they liked "sumba", but Beto Pérez decided to write it with "z" because he liked the fictional character Zorro when he was a child.

A fitness program that combines Latin and international music with dance.


strength training

Research and experience from major projects at Colorado State University and the United States Military Academy at West Point, and ongoing work at Nautilus headquarters in Lake Helen, Florida, support the concept that optimal strength training requires as little as one set of eight to twelve repetitions taken to momentary muscular failure.

1982, Daniel P. Riley, Strength Training by the Experts, page 40:

Unfortunately, many athletes […] shy away from true strength training programs with high intensities and lower repetitions because they fear "bulking up".

2006, Harvey Newton, Explosive Lifting for Sports, enhanced edition, page 4

Many strength training professionals prefer free-weight exercises.

2007, William J. Kraemer, Steven J. Fleck, Optimizing Strength Training, page 42:

Although weightlifting is a sport in its own right, the techniques of the clean and jerk and the snatch are used extensively within sport-specific strength training and conditioning, as well as in more general strength training, due to their unparalleled ability to develop an individual's power.

2009, Strength Training, DK Publishing, page 17:

A form of exercise in which the goal is to increase the strength of muscles through low numbers of repetitions of an exercise performed with high resistance.


calistheneum

(dated) A gym, especially one for light physical exercise by women and children.


strollerobics

Fitness trainer Kristen McAuliffe started "strollerobics" classes in May at a neighborhood park as an option for new moms who want to shape up and keep their babies nearby.

1997 June 29, “'Strollerobics' Classes Help New Mothers Shape Up”, in Los Angeles Times:

An exercise routine for new mothers which incorporates their babies' strollers.


scaption

Shortened form of scapular plane elevation.

(exercise) An exercise designed to strengthen the rotator cuff muscle and the deltoid by raising one's arms in front of the body while holding weights and maintaining a straight back.


scap

(bodybuilding, exercise, colloquial) The scapula.


duck walk

duck walks (plural)
duckwalk (alternative)

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(bodybuilding) A type of loaded walk in which the sportsman squats somewhat and steps forward or backward with his knees alternatingly while optionally carrying a dumbbell or kettlebell on each side or a kettlebell or cupped dumbbell between the legs.


calf raise

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An exercise targeting the calf muscles where the subject raises their heel off the ground and lowers it again.


HIIT

Perhaps I would struggle to do a HIIT session.

2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 151:

A HIIT routine can torch more calories than a traditional endurance workout while being performed in a shorter amount of time.

2022 November 27, Melanie Radzicki McManus, “Try this interval workout to avoid HIIT burnout or injuries”, in CNN:

HIIT’s specific origins are uncertain; some say it dates back to at least the early 1900s and Finnish Olympic runners who would use alternating short bursts of intensity with brief bouts of recovery to bolster their overall speed.

2023 March 15, Amanda Loudin, “A 19-Minute HIIT Workout for Beginners”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(exercise) Initialism of high-intensity interval training, a form of exercise based on short bursts of intense effort, such as sprinting.

high-intensity interval training

entraînement fractionné de haute intensité


LISS

(exercise) Initialism of low-intensity steady state: a form of exercise that uses prolonged periods of effort at a steady pace, such as jogging.


chub rub

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John's battle with “chub rub” is well documented. Even if he puts on a layer of lubricant as thick as cake frosting, his thighs are creating sparks before the end of the first mile.

2007, John Bingham, Jenny Hadfield, Running for Mortals: A Commonsense Plan for Changing Your Life With Running, Rodale, →ISBN, page 174:

My first move was to resolve not to wear things that hurt. Whether it was the perpetual red line of fury that looped under my boobs, or the zip gnawing a little grudge mark into my waist, or the burning chub rub where the pantyhose gave way, I fought against it with softness.

2012, Margaret Howie, “Something Fabulous to Wear”, in Virgie Tovar, editor, Hot and Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love and Fashion, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 206:

Early in the run, I began experiencing serious 'chub rub' between my bloated legs.

2012, Scott Ludwig, Vanessa Stroud, In It for the Long Run: A Decade with the Darkside Running Club, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 352:

(informal) Chafing on the inner thighs caused by the legs rubbing together.


healthie

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From health + -ie, after the pattern of selfie.

Healthies are about showboating your exercise credentials to inspire others.

2013, "50 Coolest Things in Health", Women's Health, November/December 2013, page 95

But she understands that sometimes healthies can be misunderstood.

2014, Karen Villarreal, "Because Selfies", Panorama Magazine (University of Texas–Pan American), Spring 2014, page 26

But the benefits of ‘healthies’ aren’t always positive, with many experts warning these kind of images increase our self-obsession and need for external validation, potentially creating greater body image problems within society.

2014 April, Jo Ebsworth, “Healthy selfies”, in Health & Fitness, UK, page 10:

A selfie taken during a workout session, typically to show one's commitment to health and fitness.


fitspiration

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In contrast, fitspiration operates under such mantras as "strong is the new skinny" and "fit not thin". Its focus on images of athletic women have led some to hail it as a positive step, and it has now been transposed offline, with the model Daisy Lowe fronting a newspaper campaign.

2013 August 6, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, “Our obesity crisis won't be solved by 'fitspiration'”, in The Guardian:

The craze on Instagram and Tumblr within the last year has been for blogs and accounts devoted to ‘fitspo’ or ‘fitspiration’.

2013 October 14, Harriet Williamson, “Beware of the dangerous fetishising of fitness on social media”, in The Telegraph:

This situation is particularly clear within certain facets of fitness culture, which employ “fitspiration” slogans to berate those considered unfit or unhealthy, asking “What is your excuse?” or declaring “Every excuse is a decision to fail.”

2015, Lianne McTavish, Feminist Figure Girl: Look Hot While You Fight the Patriarchy, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 72:

Photographs or other material intended to provide motivation to exercise and be physically fit.


fitspo

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It's packed with get-off-your-butt fitspo from the author's journey from 1-miler to marathoner.

2013, book review from Elle, quoted in Alexandra Heminsley, Running Like a Girl: Notes on Learning to Run, Scribner (2013), unnumbered page

Both thinspo and fitspo sites do one thing very well: make people feel bad about themselves.

2013, Jennifer J. Thomas, Jenni Schaefer, Almost Anorexic: Is My (or My Loved One's) Relationship with Food a Problem?, Hazelden, →ISBN, page 137:

The idea that ‘fitspo’ images have anything to do with health or fitness is entirely spurious and the use of my picture is proof of this.


cross training

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High intensity training
high intensity training

High intensity training using a variety of different exercise disciplines including, but not limited to, weight lifting, cardio and flexibility.


crabwalk

crabwalks (plural)
crab walk (alternative)
crab-walk (alternative)

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As a recent morning workout began at the gym, Rooney led the fighters through a series of knee bends, jumping jacks and crabwalks.

2008 April 2, Michael Brick, “The Businessman Who Finds Time to Fight”, in New York Times:

A form of exercise involving "walking" on one's hands and feet while facing upward.


mountain climber

en-noun

mountain climber (plural mountain climbers)

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An exercise starting in a plank position with hands and possibly feet wider than the shoulders where the knees are adducted to the head or elbows alternatingly without lifting the braced hip.

vuorikiipeilijä

exercise adducting legs from plank position


Acroyoga

Trademark from late 20th century. Blend of acrobatics + yoga.

A physical practice that combines yoga and acrobatics.


salmon ladder

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(sports, exercise) A physical-training exercise where the exerciser moves a crossbeam to progressively higher positions on a pair of posts while hanging from it with his arms.


aqua walking

Underwater walking, as a form of exercise.


gymbro

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I will not judge any of them save one: the random gymbro's discipline, something we'll call the Cybex Swolenado.

2012 July 27, Spencer Hall, “Weightlifting At The Olympics, The Most Moving Thing In Singlets Ever”, in SB Nation:

By the end of both of these books, you will know more about fitness than 99% of forum warriors, gymbros, and self-styled gurus.

2014, Michael Matthews, Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger, →ISBN:

Visually, Lo Wang falls in line with the era's template: masculinity dialled up to 11, with more oblique muscles than any human being ought to have, and vascularity levels otherwise only found in the wildest fantasies of protein-chugging gymbros.

2017 November 7, Phil Iwaniuk, “1997 vs 2007 vs 2017: how is videogame character design evolving? Part One”, in PCGamesN:


gym bro

/ˈdʒɪm ˌbɹəʊ/

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A fight broke out between two rival delegations: the gym bros and the bikers.

It's time to stop listening to the gym bros and your friend of a friend for poor advice.

2016, John Chapman, Leon Bustin, The Lean Machines: Eat Well, Move Better and Feel Awesome, →ISBN:

You're already a father figure to so many gym bros, but it might be time to adopt a brotégé.

2016, Dom Mazzetti, The Swoly Bible: The Bro Science Way of Life, →ISBN, page 213:

But if you're training like a lot of 'gym bros' you'll only be doing sarcoplasmic training.

2016, Noah Daniels, Functional Strength, →ISBN:

The old gym bro adage that the body has no way of storing protein is another one of these things that is kind of true, but also kind of not true, and we should talk about that another day.

2022 February 21, Adam Ragusea, 8:46 from the start, in Rice, beans, and the "myth" of protein combining, Knoxville, via YouTube, archived from the original on 2022-03-05:

(slang) A man who spends much of his free time working out at a gym.


sissy squat

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The dependent “sissy” is a cranberry morpheme in reference to the mythological figure of Sisyphus here, owing to the exercise isolating all heads of the quadriceps femoris, while performing step-up-like exercise similar to that of Sisyphus also entails having large quads.

An isolation exercise for the quadriceps femoris in which, from a standing position, the knees bend forward while the hips remain extended and the lifter leans backwards. The heels normally lift off the ground and the tibia reaches a mostly perpendicular angle with the direction of resistance(gravity). The knees do not need to touch the floor before returning to a standing position. Optionally, weight can be held on the torso in order to increase the load on the quadriceps femoris.


girl push-up

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Imagine how embarrassing it was when the teacher made me do the girl push-ups because for the life of me I couldn't do the regular push-ups like the rest of the boys. One day I skipped school to escape the ridicule.

2007, Rajindra Narinesingh, The Writings of a Demi God:

Do 3 sets of 10 repetitions, with a little break in between, twice a day. Work your way up to 5-pound weights over time. Push-ups are another helpful exercise. You may want to start with girl's push-ups—on your knees—10 push-ups at a time.

(slang, sometimes derogatory) A push-up exercise performed while balancing on one's knees.


Big Three

the Big Three (canonical)
big three (alternative)

The Squat, Deadlift, and Bench Press are widely accepted to be the ‘Big Three’ powerlifting exercises by strength and conditioning experts.

2021 July 9, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Junhui Huang, Jordan Haslam, “Insights into noise and vibration stemming from the gym’s heavy lifting”, in Sport Sciences for Health, volume 18, →DOI, pages 277–286:

(exercise) The deadlift, squat and benchpress.


abdominize

en-verb

abdominize (third-person singular simple present abdominizes, present participle abdominizing, simple past and past participle abdominized)

abdominizes (present singular third-person)
abdominizing (participle present)
abdominized (participle past)
abdominized (past)

Do you need to accessorize, moisturize, abdominize, and downsize your thighs to find true happiness?

1997, Judy Cole, Playing for Keeps, page 16:

Likewise he knew the brand of abdominizing exerciser that she'd ordered in an insane moment of optimistic piety from the back of a colour supplement.

2012, Ben Elton, Blast From The Past, page 38:

The models in the infomercial used it effortlessly, “abdominizing” their way to a flat stomach by doing sit-ups with the contraption for support.

2019 January 11, “The retro piece of exercise equipment my parents couldn't give up”, in Vox:


vacuum exercise

en-noun

vacuum exercise (plural vacuum exercises)

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An exercise targeting mostly the Musculus transversus abdominis by keeping a straight spine, holding one's breath and lifting the organs into the rib cage.


spin class

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An exercise class using stationary bicycles


crossfit

en-verb

crossfit (third-person singular simple present crossfits, present participle crossfitting, simple past and past participle crossfitted)

crossfits (present singular third-person)
crossfitting (participle present)
crossfitted (participle past)
crossfitted (past)

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From cross-discipline fitness. Equivalent to cross- + fit.

(trademark) To participate in a CrossFit exercise regimen.


hip thrust

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(exercise) An exercise where the shoulders rest on their back on an elevated surface while in the concentric part the pelvis moves upwards usually under added weight until the thighs reach a right angle with the calves.


glute bridge

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(exercise) An exercise performed by lying in a fashion where the imaginary line between the feet and the head is parallel to the floor and the fundament is raised and lowered (optionally with weight on the pelvis).


reverse hyperextension

en-noun

reverse hyperextension (plural reverse hyperextensions)

reverse hyperextensions (plural)
reverse hyper (alternative colloquial)

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An exercise performed by raising and lowering the thighs while lying on the stomach, on an elevated surface to have sufficient range of motion.

käänteinen selänojennus

exercise of raising the thighs while lying prone


body pump

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A variety of fitness, involving all-body muscle toning and focusing on short bursts of activity


spot reduction

(exercise) The hypothetical reduction of fat from a specific region of the body.


interval training

(exercise) Training based upon a series of high-intensity workouts interspersed with rest or relief periods.


Pallof press

Spread in mid-20·00s after physical therapist John Pallof of Boston, Massachusetts, who himself taught it as belly press. Before that it was also referred to by cable chest press and cable core press. Thence we know that the spellings Paloff press, Palloff press, Palof press, pal-off press, Pavlov press, we give here for the findability of this entry to approach their frequency, are illicit.

A core exercise archetypically performed by having a resistance band or cable fastened laterally to a standing person's shoulderheight and then pushing the arms forward and back against rotation.


low-impact

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low-impact stretches before a full workout

(exercise) That does not place harmful stresses on the body.


high-impact

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(exercise) That places a great deal of harmful stresses on the body.


ottermode

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From otter + mode, from a likening of the otter, a mammal adapted to aquatic environments, to competitive swimmers who maintain fit but lean physiques to reduce drag.

Standing, the victim was about an inch shorter than me, and a pretty skinny guy. Wellbuilt, though. What we called “otter mode” at the gym.

2014, SM Reine, Hotter Than Helltown, unnumbered page:

Nyiam and I stay behind, but my eyes recognized the back of his ottermode body, instantly.

2017, Nkauj Ntsuab Lis, Core Integrate: The Core Welcomes You, unnumbered page:

He wasn't as muscly as Short Hair, but still pretty fit. Ottermode.

2018, Ko Hiratori, JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World, unnumbered page:

(slang, bodybuilding, often attributive) A lean and physically-fit physique with well-defined muscles.


NEAT

non-exercise activity thermogenesis
w:Thermogenesis

(exercise) Acronym of non-exercise activity thermogenesis.


drop set

drop sets (plural)
drop-set (alternative)
dropset (alternative)

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(bodybuilding) A set of repetitions of an exercise wherein muscular failure is reached and before resting the exercise is continued with decreased resistance to failure.

pudotussarja

Lowering the resistance before resting for another set


dragon flag

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The exercise name has developed as a reference to the figure of Bruce Lee titled in his most famous Chinese films 龍／龙 (lóng, “dragon”).

A core exercise consisting of lying face-up, gripping a support over the head and raising the rest of the body below the upper back up to over the face and then backing it down reversely to parallel the ground.


run-walk

run-walks (plural)
run/walk (alternative)

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From run + walk. Independently invented by fictionists and sportsmen.

(uncommon) Alternating locomotion by the legs in such a fashion that the share of walking is greater than that of running.


Pendlay row

Spread in the 20·00s after American weighlifting coach Glenn Pendlay.

A row variation where the bar is grabbed from the ground for each repetition which forces greater range of motion and precludes momentum.


Meadows row

Spread from the early 2010s after United States bodybuilder John Meadows, who passed away in 2021.
In a T Nation article from the 1st of November 2010 he himself reports breakthroughs in his back-traning in 2004 and then proceeds to describe this particular exercise (on which videos were later added), noting that he has “never seen anybody else doing them” though it would be probable that somebody else did them before.

A unilateral row variation performed with a staggered stance and inclined back in which the hand opposed and perpendicular to the fronter foot raises and lowers the end of a barbell (grabbed with a lifting strap or other hand wrapper to counteract the calliferous effect of the lacking knurl).


renegade row

(exercise, weightlifting) An (alternating) unilateral row in a push-up position.


modified push-up

modified push-up (plural modified push-ups)

(slang, derogatory)

A push-up exercise performed while balancing on one's knees.


gymlet

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From gym + -let, also on the model of manlet. In the rarer form gymlete instead blended with athlete, implying someone mistaking the mingling into the social environment of a fitness centre with athleticism.

(slang, still uncommon) Someone who consumes material related to athleticism more than perusing it physically.


Copenhagen plank

Copenhagen plank (plural Copenhagen planks)

Copenhagen planks (plural)
Copenhagen side plank (alternative)
Copenhagen hold (alternative)
Copenhagen hip adduction exercise (alternative)
adductor plank (alternative)
adductor side plank (alternative)

Named after the city, due to having spread from a couple of Danish or at least Scandinavian coaches, in analogy to Nordic hamstring curls.

An exercise where one of a person's legs is put on an elevated surface and the upper body is on the forearm nearest to the ground.


bearmode

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From bear + mode, from a likening of the bear, a large and heavy mammal.

(slang, bodybuilding, often attributive) A heavy and massive physique with very large muscles.


bicycle crunch

bicycle crunch (plural bicycle crunches)

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(exercise) A type of exercise in which one touches alternating knees with the opposite elbow while performing a crunch.


CrossFitter

CrossFitters (plural)
crossfitter (alternative)

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Despite the inherent risks of hundreds of thousands of people dabbling in Olympic weight-lifting techniques at their local strip malls, CrossFitters seem utterly dedicated to their hard-core workouts.

2014 October 14, Heather Havrilesky, “Why Are Americans So Fascinated With Extreme Fitness?”, in The New York Times Magazine:

(exercise) A person who participates in a CrossFit fitness regimen.


split squat

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James Stark, founder of Starks Fitness, says it involves “a basic push-pull pattern”; for the lower body, squats, lunges, split squats. There is a near limitless variation of squats you can do if you get bored, from box squats to those with more exotic names such as cossack or Bulgarian.

2020 September 19, Zoe Williams, “Fit in my 40s: my muscles are in terminal decline. Can I rebuild them on my own?”, in The Guardian:

(exercise) A unilateral leg exercise performed by bending one knee while the rear leg is rested on the ground behind the body.


Bulgarian split squat

Bulgarian split squat (plural Bulgarian split squats)

The exercise was supposedly popularized in the United States by Bulgarian weightlifting coach Angel Spassov (1941–2017) in the late 1980s.

People often think of Bulgarian split squats as a quad-crushing, glute and hamstrings-building challenge on leg day, instead of the complete core and lower-body compound exercise it can be used for.

2022 April 26, Jeff Tomko, “The Mixed-Load Bulgarian Split Squat Will Challenge Your Legs and Core”, in Men's Health:

(exercise) A variation of the split squat performed by bending one knee while the rear leg is rested on a platform behind the body.


Hindu push-up

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Referring to the fact that the exercise combines elements of a push-up and yoga (a system of exercises based on several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines).

(exercise) An exercise in which one goes from downward-facing dog to upward-facing dog, and vice versa.


peanut ball

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(athletics, exercise) An exercise ball comprised of two bulbous lobes and a narrower connecting portion, used in posture exercises, promoting labor, etc.


cluster set

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(bodybuilding) A set of repetitions of an exercise with measured interrepetition / intraset rest periods.


giant set

(bodybuilding) A superset of at least three different exercises.


seal row

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A row prone on a bench, intended to prevent back rounding and posterior chain engagement at the benefit of greater range of motion and volume for the latissimus dorsi muscles.


Chinese row

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bench pull

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pistol squat

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A type of single-leg squat where one leg is stretched out in front of one while the other is performing the squat.


Australian pull-up

Australian pull-up (plural Australian pull-ups)

A type of pull-up where the lifter lies under a horizontal bar or some other kind of suspension trainer, with an overhand grip, straight arms, straight body, upper body hanging with heels on the ground, and pulls their chest to bring it to the level of the suspension trainer.


Russian dip

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A type of dip (the bodybuilding exercise) where one starts with one's arms resting on the parallel bars; a harder version of the elbow dip.


elbow dip

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A type of dip (the bodybuilding exercise) where one starts with one's forearms and elbows resting on the parallel bars; an easier version of the Russian dip.


front lever

(gymnastics, calisthenics) A static hold normally performed on a horizontal bar, consisting in hanging horizontally and straight with the front of the body facing upwards.


donkey kick

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A hip extension and knee flexion in quadruped position.


black widow knee slide

black widow knee slide (plural black widow knee slides)

An exercise wherein the legs are adducted with knee flexion from a plank position then the hip is extended.


back lever

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(gymnastics, calisthenics) A static hold normally performed on a horizontal bar, consisting in hanging horizontally and straight with the front of the body facing downwards.


battle rope

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First introduced into the fitness industry. Coined in 2010.

Yet, doing just a couple of different battle rope workouts made my forearms run for their money.

2022 March 23, Matt Kollat, “To improve grip strength, I tried battle rope workouts – and they are ultra-efficient”, in T3:

(exercise, neologism) A thick, heavy rope that is used when doing exercises to increase strength


knee push-up

modified push-up
modified push-up#English


gym strip

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First attested in a 1952 article in the Victoria Daily Times. Used primarily in Victoria-area papers through the 1960s.

But finally, finally the bell rang at two thirty and she could grab her gym strip — that is, her shorts and t-shirt — and head to the change rooms.

2001, Sandra Diersch, Home Court Advantage, page 53:

I unlock my tote box and reach for my gym strip. I grab my stuff and head for a toilet cubicle to change. I hate gym days. Gym class ruins a perfectly good Friday.

Before I forget, I take my gym strip into the laundry room off the kitchen and toss my t-shirt, shorts and socks in the washing machine.

2016, Rosalyn Marie Francis, Math Troubles, page 15:

(British Columbia) A set of clothing (generally a T-shirt and shorts) brought to school to wear during gym class.

Victoria Daily Times
Victoria, British Columbia


fuckarounditis

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The Internet provides a rich soil for fuckarounditis to grow and take hold of the unsuspecting observer.

2011 September 27, “Fuckarounditis”, in Leangains:

And if you’re at the point where you might reasonably be considering steroids to progress you don’t need an article on fuckarounditis.

2017 March 14, Kevin Curry, “Beware Fuckarounditis - Because Fitness Really is Simple”, in Gear & Grit:

(exercise slang, vulgar) A condition where a person has an average physique and has made little to no progress, despite spending a significant amount of time at the gym.


frogstand

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If children begin to experiment with frogstands and headstands as inverted balances, it is then time to teach them the proper mechanics for assuming and maintaining these positions .

2001, Shirley Ann Holt-Hale, On the Move: Lesson Plans to Accompany Children Moving, page 216:

How long can you hold a headstand, frogstand or handstand?

2004, Michelle Nemec, Darryl Buchanan, Andrew Watt, Jump Into PDHPE, page 19:

Of course, it will be much easier if you can master the frogstand itself before you start learning how to do the frogstand to handstand.

2020 September 1, Michael & Yannick, “How to do the Frogstand to Handstand”, in Calisthenics Family:

In vert, you do all kinds of fun, carzy shit. Like shifties and frogstands, ollies and gazelle flips, up and down ten-foot ramps.

2021, James Patterson, Till Murder Do Us Part:

A frogstand, sometimes referred to as the "crow pose", is a calisthenics exercise that builds finger and wrist strength while placing a notable demand on the shoulders and triceps.

2024, “Frogstand Calisthenics Skill Tree”, in We Do Calisthenics:

(gymnastics, exercise, skateboarding) A position that involves balancing on one's hands with the knees tucked towards the chest, resembling the posture of a frog.


fractional volume

fractional volume (usually uncountable, plural fractional volumes)

(sports science) The training volume amassed for a muscle group by performing a compound exercise in place of attempts to isolate it, expressed in datasets as fractions of whole sets worked for that muscle group.

osasuoritus

volume amassed for a muscle group by compound exercise in place of attempts to isolate it, expressed in datasets as fractions


leg raise

An exercise constituted by ventral elevation of the extended leg.