A spell of energetic exercise, esp. one taken to stimulate the breathing. Cf. breather, n. 5a. Now rare (archaic in later use).

A spell of exercise taken to stimulate the breathing. Also: something that causes a person to be out of breath or exhausted. Cf. breathing, n. 5. Now…

a swinging motion of the arm, esp. in various sports; (also) a gymnastic exercise involving such a motion.

a course of gymnastic exercises used to give an erect carriage, etc.

a gymnastic exercise performed on the parallel bars by using the arms to spring backwards and forwards in a manner reminiscent of a grasshopper.

An exercise or gymnastic movement involving a sudden forward or sideways movement, spec. one in which one leg is thrust forward with the knee…

Chiefly North American. A gymnastic exercise in which the body is held erect, supported by the hands on parallel bars, and raised and lowered by…

A physical exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles, in which a person raises the upper half of the body from a supine position into a…

An act or the action of pulling something upwards; spec. (a) an exercise involving raising oneself with one's arms by pulling up against a horizontal…

the act of breathing deeply as a form of physical exercise.

(cf. punch, n.2)

An exercise in which a person lying face down raises and lowers the body by straightening and bending the arms while keeping the hands and feet on…

Bodybuilding. An exercise in which a person lies face-up on a bench and moves a weight in an arc from in front of to behind the head and back again.

a physical exercise in which a person moves forward on the hands and feet, with knees raised off the ground and hips in the air.

A physical exercise consisting of a squat thrust performed from and completed in a standing position. Usually in plural. Originally in Burpee test n.…

the action of bending the (human) knee, esp. used of a physical exercise in which the body is raised and lowered without use of the hands.

any of various exercises in which one or both legs are slowly raised and lowered; frequently with modifying word specifying the position of the…

Originally U.S. A strength-training exercise performed while grasping parallel bars or a similar apparatus with the body raised off the ground in…

One of the physical exercises in Yoga (see quots.).

a physical exercise in which the legs are thrust backwards to their full extent from a squat position; also, = burpee, n.

Weightlifting and Bodybuilding. Chiefly in plural. Short for lateral raise n. at compounds.

Bodybuilding. An exercise in which a bar or handle is pulled down to raise a counterweight.

A form of physical exercise designed to be carried out in a swimming pool. Also as a count noun: a specific exercise of this type. Cf. aquarobics, n.

Chiefly plural. A step taken on to a platform (such as a bench, etc.) and back again, repeated as a fitness exercise.

a physical exercise similar to a sit-up in which the head and shoulders are raised slightly off the ground from a supine position.

The action of walking briskly, spec. as a form of aerobic exercise, often including the use of small weights held in the hands or strapped to the…

= abdominal crunch n. at abdominal, adj. n.compounds.

An exercise, or piece of exercise equipment, designed to help weight loss or strengthen the abdominal muscles.

= abdominal crunch n. at abdominal, adj. n.compounds.