activities for exercising your body► exercise a physical movement that you do to keep a part of your body strong and healthy. Physical activities such as sports that you do in order to keep your body strong and healthy are also called exercise: · The doctor recommended a diet and a programme of exercises to help her lose weight.· Try a few gentle exercises once or twice a day.· Thirty minutes of squash gives you as much exercise as an hour of any other game.do exercises: · Most people find it more fun doing exercises to music.regular exercise: · A new medical report has again highlighted the health benefits of regular exercise.strenuous exercise (=very hard exercise): · Do not start a programme of strenuous exercise if you have any heart problems.
► workout a series of exercises that you do regularly in order to keep fit and healthy: · Start your workout with some gentle stretching exercises.· I always feel better after a good workout.
► aerobics a very active type of physical exercise done to music, usually in a class, which makes your heart and lungs stronger: · Have you ever tried aerobics?· My mum's started going to an aerobics class.do aerobics: · I do aerobics twice a week.
► keep fit British a class in which you do exercises to keep yourself healthy: do keep fit: · I started doing keep fit a couple of years ago.
► training regular exercise that you do to prepare for a sport or competition; in British English, training also means regular exercise that you do to stay strong and healthy: do training: · I do two hours' training every evening -- an hour running or swimming, and an hour in the gym.football/rugby etc training (=training in which a team prepares for a sport together): · All the children do football training at least once a week.in training (=doing training for a particular event): · She's in training for the New York Marathon.weight training (=training which involves lifting weights): · The sports centre offers such activities as dance classes, aerobics and weight training.
British English old-fashioned a class in which you do exercises to keep yourself healthy—keep-fit adjective