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callisthenics

callisthenics is the alternative spelling of calisthenics.

Meaning of calisthenics

Noun

calisthenics sg or pl (plural calisthenics)

  1. (in plural, plural, singular) 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.
    • 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
  2. (plural, singular) A system of such exercises.

Questions about callisthenics

What is callisthenics the alternative spelling of?
Callisthenics is the alternative spelling of calisthenics.

Words near callisthenics in the dictionary

  1. callistephin
  2. Callister
  3. Callisters
  4. Callisthenes
  5. callisthenic
  6. callisthenics
  7. Callisto
  8. Callistoan
  9. Callistoans
  10. Callistonian
  11. callithamnioid

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