updog

en-noun

updog (countable and uncountable, plural updogs)

Mary Dunn recommends moving into a variation of Updog that teaches you what is necessary to avoid compressing the lower back in the pose.

2003, Schneider, Carrie, American Yoga, →OCLC:

Push your shoulders back and lift the raised leg high, then drop back into the updog.

2014 August 28, “'Yoga's not just for girls!': 'Broga' - aimed at men and created by an American footballer turned bodybuilder - is the latest way for guys to tone up”, in Daily Mail, Australia:

yoga postures that stretch the abs, such as “cow” pose and “updog” pose

2016, Stephanie A. Prendergast, Elizabeth H. Akincilar, Pelvic Pain Explained: What You Need to Know, →ISBN, page 113:

I don't think I'll ever forget watching one of my clients do a full expression of updog one week before giving birth. I was in awe at her grace.

2018 December 12, Kate Kendall, “What You Need To Know About Practicing Yoga When You're Pregnant”, in Sporteluxe:

As we stretched through various postures to lengthen and soothe the body with the sound of the sea and birds in the background, with every updog I was hit with the beautiful views once more, and came out feeling like a new (bendier) woman.

2019 January 1, Nish O'Connor, “You really *can* restore your wellness on the party island of Ibiza, here's how...”, in Glamour:

(yoga) A yoga pose in which the practitioner lies prone with the torso erect, supported by the arms, and the head tilted back.


utkatasana

Sanskrit उत्कट (utkaṭa, “wild, frightening, intense”) + आसन (āsana, “posture, asana”).

uder

Utkatasana (Figure 4-e) acts as a counterpose to the previous postures because it eases the stretch in the legs.

(yoga) An asana that exercises the hamstrings, quadriceps, gluteal muscles, and erector spinae.


power clean

(weightlifting) A weight training exercise, a variant of the clean, in which the lifter does not catch the bar in a full squat position.


uttanasana

From Sanskrit उत्तानासन (uttānāsana); from उत्तान (uttāna) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).

(yoga) A pose wherein the body of stretched forward.


shirshasana

/ʃəɹˈʃɑːsɑːnɑː/

From Sanskrit शीर्षासन (śīrṣāsana), from शीर्ष (śīrṣa, “head, skull”) + आसन (āsana, “seat, chair; sitting, way of sitting”).

af

(yoga) The pose wherein the body is completely inverted, and held upright supported by the forearms, while the crown of the head rests on the floor.


salabhasana

From Sanskrit शलभ (śalabha, “grasshopper, locust”) + आसन (āsana, “seat, chair; sitting, way of sitting”).

uder

(yoga) The locust pose, a back-bending yoga asana.


kapotasana

Borrowed from Sanskrit कपोतासन (kapotāsana, “pigeon pose”).

bor

(yoga) An asana, or pose, consisting essentially of a backbend with knees on the ground.


foam roller

A padded cylindrical device rolled against the body for massage or 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.


yogasana

Borrowed from Sanskrit योगासन (yogāsana), from योग (yoga) + आसन (āsana).


sarvangasana

From Modern Sanskrit सर्वाङ्गासन (sarvāṅgāsana), from स (sa, “every”) + र्वा (rvā, “limb”) + अङ्ग (aṅga, “body”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).

(yoga) A yoga pose in which the legs and pointed upwards and the lower body is lifted so that the weight of the body is supported on the head, neck, shoulders and upper arms.


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.


walk in

en-verb

walk in (third-person singular simple present walks in, present participle walking in, simple past and past participle walked in)

walks in (present singular third-person)
walking in (participle present)
walked in (participle past)
walked in (past)

(transitive, weightlifting) To step to the rack again with after having stepped away in order not to hit it during execution of the exercise.


butt wink

(weightlifting) An error while performing a squat of bending the lower back and moving the pelvis in under the body.


hatha

(yoga) The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas


iyengar

(yoga) A form of hatha (yoga) that focuses on precision in asana and pranayama


yoga-babble

(informal, derogatory) New Age terminology used in non-religious, non-spiritual contexts, such as corporate operations.


aerial yoga

A form of yoga in which the body is supported by a hammock slung from the ceiling


free weight

Free weights hit the stabilizing muscles harder.

An object (such as a barbell or kettlebell) used for strength training that can be moved without mechanical constraint, as opposed to an exercise machine.


child's pose

en-noun

child's pose (countable and uncountable, plural child's poses)

(yoga) A yoga pose in which a person kneels, and then folds their body forward so that their thighs rest on their calves and their head rests on the floor.


cobra pose

(yoga) A yoga pose in which a person lays face-down and then extends their arm to push only their upper body up, causing the back to arch.


Big Three

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:


curl bar

A weight bar with a twisting particularly for biceps curls.


weight room

A room containing exercise equipment for weight training.


resistance band

en-noun

resistance band (plural resistance bands)

A long piece of material of varying grades of tenacity usable to create targetted tension for a muscle workout.


vacuum exercise

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.


powerbuilding

A workout program combining powerlifting and bodybuilding lifts and volumes.


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.


rocker board

An item of exercising equipment which challenges the sportsman to balance his weight on it in one axis in which it could tilt.


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).


weight plate

Holonyms: adjustable dumbbell, adjustable barbell

A flat, heavy object, usually made of cast iron, that is used in combination with barbells or dumbbells for the purpose of physical exercise.


reverse hyperextension

en-noun

reverse hyperextension (plural reverse hyperextensions)

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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


mini band

A rather short (25–50 cm in diameter) resistance band.


vajrasana

vajrasana (usually uncountable, plural vajrasanas)

A kneeling asana in yoga. The practitioner sits on the heels with the calves beneath the thighs.


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.


shavasana

shavasana (countable and uncountable, plural shavasanas)

/ʃəˈvɑːsənə/

From Modern Sanskrit शवासन (śavāsana), from शव (śava, “corpse”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).

There was no way I was going to get sleep unless I did yoga-nidra or shavasan.

1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 226:

Now, Savasana is about relaxation, but what prevents relaxation? Tension.

2005, BKS Iyengar, Light on Life, page 232:

In Savasana, the last pose we did, often one or two of them would fall asleep and snore.

2007, Darca Lee Nicholson, Body Matters, page 179:

(yoga) A resting pose in which one lies flat on one's back with the arms and legs slightly spread and eyes closed.


NEAT

non-exercise activity thermogenesis
w:en:Thermogenesis

(exercise) Acronym of non-exercise activity thermogenesis.


drop set

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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.


parallettes

/ˈpæɹələt͡s/

A portabilized set of parallel bars consisting of two horizontal bars to be made to stand apart by the user, upon which callisthenic exercises are performed.


run-walk

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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.


barbell pad

A soft envelope designed to surround a barbell bar and spread out the pressure point on the body (otherwise present at squats and hip thrusts).

накла́дка

both with на гриф шта́нги (na grif štángi) or для шта́нги (dlja štángi)


bar pad

Set the bar pad in the center of the bar. If you don't have a bar pad, it's easy enough to wrap a towel around the bar as well.

2011, Nick Nilsson, The Best Arm Exercises You've Never Heard Of:

Lower the bar down so it is about 30cm off the ground and place a bar pad (a black, cushioned tube) around the centre of the horizontal bar.

2019, Chloe Madeley, Transform Your Body With Weights:


wrist wrap

A piece of equipment to keep the joints and ligaments of the hand in order while powerlifting or boxing.

wrist strap

a piece of equipment to bypass the fingers while lifting

hand wrap

the same as a wrist wrap above the wrist joint, roughly synonymous for boxers, but disallowed for powerlifters as this would amount to wrist straps


pussy pad

(vulgar, derogatory) Synonym of barbell pad

(vulgar, slang, motorcycling) The backseat of a motorcycle.


upward-facing dog

upward-facing dog (plural upward-facing dogs)

Coordinate term: downward-facing dog


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

Apparently so named because whoever came up with that lift was more concerned with its looking wicked than its being hypertrophic, in view of women’s hybristophilia.

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


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)

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.


yoga bag

A long bag for carrying a rolled-up yoga mat.


lat pulldown

(weightlifting) An exercise performed by pulling a bar, attached to a weighted cable machine, toward one's upper chest.


self-spot

en-verb

self-spot (third-person singular simple present self-spots, present participle self-spotting, simple past and past participle self-spotted)

self-spots (present singular third-person)
self-spotting (participle present)
self-spotted (participle past)
self-spotted (past)

From self- + spot (“to support or assist a maneuver”).

pre

Before a student attempts to take all their weight into their inner thigh, have them self-spot by placing their opposite hand on the bent knee.

2010, Rebekah Leach, Beginning Aerial Fabric Instructional Manual, page 23:

The gym had a self-spotting weight system: bench press with three hundred pounds and overhead pull-down bars.

2010, Bill Blanchet, The Reform Plan, page 44:

It can be with a partner or with a self-spotted pass.

2020, Tom Mione, Bullet Proof Guide For: Bodybuilding, Fitness, Exercise, Supplementation, Diet, Training, & Mechanics, page 123:

(intransitive, weightlifting) To protect oneself from injury that can result from attempting to lift too much weight.


DYEL

en-adj

DYEL (comparative more DYEL, superlative most DYEL)

more DYEL (comparative)
most DYEL (superlative)

(Internet slang, rare) Having delicate body proportions as though not engaging in muscular exercise.


military press

en-noun

military press (plural military presses)

The form of a military press resembles a soldier standing at attention.

Elbow position is critical when you’re doing the military press, and it’s often misunderstood.

2018 November 28, Brett Williams, “How to Do a Military Press With Perfect Form”, in Men's Health:

If you want a shoulder press that forces your core to work even harder – therefore demanding that you have your form absolutely perfect when you do military presses – try the suitcase press.

2019 July 2, Sam Rider, “How To Master The Military Press”, in Coach Mag:

When you do, keep in mind that the standing military press is one of the best upper-body exercises you can do to improve strength in your arms, shoulders, back, and chest, while still also impacting other areas of the body to provide a full-body workout.

2021 July 11, Isadora Baum, “Here's How To Do a Standing Military Press and Why It’s Such a Power Move”, in Well+Good:

An exercise in which one raises a dumbbell above the head while keeping the feet together.


Swiss bar

Apparently in reference to the neutral Swiss foreign policy, as the most observable difference in performing a bench press with this bar is the neutral grip; perhaps reinforced in view of the complexity of a Swiss Army knife or even the stereotypic holes in Swiss cheese.

A bar to lift weight plates upon including additional vertically aligned handles.

Swiss Army knife
Swiss cheese (North America)
Swiss neutrality


football bar

These bars are used by injured athletes, so are meant to be considered by those suffering American football (→ health issues in American football).


neutral grip bar

neutral grip bar (plural neutral grip bars)


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

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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.


RDL

Romanian deadlift
Romanian deadlift#English

(weightlifting) Initialism of Romanian deadlift.


monolift

Early 1990s genericized trademark, from mono- + lift.

A weight rack on which the rest of the bar is levered away automatically or by a spotter so the (at heavy weights injury-risky) repositioning of the athlete’s legs for a squat (the walkout) or shoulders for a benchpress can be avoided for execution of the exercise.


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.


parapowerlifting

/ˌpærəˈpaʊərˌlɪftɪŋ/

/ˌpærəˈpaʊəˌlɪftɪŋ/

(disability sports) A strength parasport, consisting of a single-rep benchpress.


parapowerlift

en-verb

parapowerlift (third-person singular simple present parapowerlifts, present participle parapowerlifting, simple past and past participle parapowerlifted)

parapowerlifts (present singular third-person)
parapowerlifting (participle present)
parapowerlifted (participle past)
parapowerlifted (past)


ego lifting

(weightlifting, informal) The act of lifting more than one can fully handle, often in an attempt to show off.


ego lifter

(weightlifting, informal) A person who engages in ego lifting.


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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wild thing

As we practice yoga more often, we develop a clearer sense of where our bodies are in space (a.k.a. proprioception), and poses like “Wild Thing” start to feel safer.

2017, Emma Silverman, Yoga Twists and Turns, page 110:

Wild thing asana executed without any self-concept modification isn't yoga therapy, and neither is rote memorization of the sutras without enactment of the principles into one's daily behaviors.

2018, Matthew J. Taylor, Yoga Therapy as a Creative Response to Pain, page 34:

Like all backbends, wild thing offers a chest and shoulder stretch.

2020, Dianne Bondy, Kat Heagberg Rebar, Yoga Where You Are, page 151:

For every benefit of wild thing, there is another pose that does it better.

2021, Dylan Werner, The Illuminated Breath, page 167:


side plank

Start by performing a side plank with your right side down.

2014, Adam Campbell, The Men's Health Little Book of Exercises, page 153:

Side plank is commonly used in yoga classes as a pose to develop core strength, especially in the side body and obliques.

2015, Jennifer DeCurtins, The Complete Guide to Yoga Inversions, page 24:

Side plank and kneeling side plank target the oblique abdominal muscles, the two layers of muscle in your torso that work together to help you exhale, side bend, and twist.

2015, Beth Shaw, Beth Shaw's YogaFit, page 55:

(yoga) A yoga pose in which the body is held rigidly straight, with weight resting on the feet and one arm, where the upper body is held off the ground by the upper arm, leaving the lower portion of the arm on the ground.


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

en-noun

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.


plyometric box

plyometric box (plural plyometric boxes)

A cuboid or near-cuboid that supports a person in exercise.


front lever

Coordinate term: back 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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Holonym: black widow knee slide (+ mountain climber)

A hip extension and knee flexion in quadruped position.


black widow knee slide

black widow knee slide (plural black widow knee slides)

Meronyms: mountain climber, donkey kick

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


ab wheel

A piece of exercise equipment designed to be gripped in one or both hands and torqued in the course of sagittally abducting the pronated shoulders with the core resisting flexion and extension.


ab roller wheel

ab roller wheel (plural ab roller wheels)


power wheel

The Power Wheel pike and power wheel knee-up exercises started and ended with the subject in the push-up position (trunk, hips, knees, and elbows in full extension, shoulders flexed 90°, and hands on the floor approximately a shoulder width apart), the feet above the floor and attached to Power Wheel straps, and the wheel in a vertical position on the floor (Figs. 3A and 3B).

2006, Rafael F Escamilla, Eric Babb, Ryan DeWitt, Patrick Jew, Patrick Kelleher, Toni Burnham, Juliann Busch, Kristen D'Anna, Ryan Mowbray, Rodney T Imamura, “Electromyographic analysis of traditional and nontraditional abdominal exercises: implications for rehabilitation and training”, in Physical Therapy, volume 86, number 5, →DOI, archived from the original on 2024-02-24, page 659b:

(rare) An ab wheel (trademark by Lifeline Fitness).


bicep curl

(bodybuilding, weightlifting) A weight training exercise in which a person bends their arm towards their body at the elbow in order to increase strength in the upper arm.


back lever

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Coordinate term: 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 downwards.


polo-stick

COVER: A Persian miniature from the Topkapi Sarayi Library in Istanbul depicting Alexander the Great feeding sesame seeds to a cockerel. This rare illustration depicts an episode in which Darius insulted Alexander by sending him a polo stick and ball, and a bowl of sesame seed, saying that as Alexander behaved like a child he should have the playthings of a child.

2004, “The History of Sesame”, in Economic Botany, volume 58, number 3:

The elongate implement needed to push a ball from a horseback and thereby vie with other mounted players.


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


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


cheat curl

For example, a cheat curl is one whereby you lean forward as you start to curl the barbell, bend your arms, and then as the weight rises you lean rearwards to take advantage of the momentum.

1985, Robert Kennedy, Reps!: The World's Hottest Bodybuilding Routines!, page 17:

A cheat curl is more similar to an Olympic lift like a snatch than it is a bodybuilding exercise .

2008, Ron Harris, Real Bodybuilding: Muscle Truth from 25 Years in the Trenches, page 71:

So in order to properly perform a barbell cheat curl, you want to use body movement to add some momentum to the bar to get it past the sticking point of the exercise where the elbows are bent 90 degrees.

2011, Nick Nilsson, The Best Arm Exercises You've Never Heard Of:

(weightlifting) A curl that is similar to the move used to train the biceps, except that at the point when the elbows are bent 90 degrees, the weightlifter moves the hips forward, shifting the weight of the barbell back to the biceps.


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.


paralifting

An adaptation of the sport of weightlifting for athletes with a physical disability.


weight rack

(bodybuilding, weightlifting) A metal storage unit consisting of shelves or pegs for storing weights.


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.


corpse pose

corpse pose (countable and uncountable, plural corpse poses)


dicker-rod

gridiron football
gridiron football#English

A device consisting of a three-yard-long rod with a marker at the end, used in gridiron football to determine first down.