workouts

Noun

workout (plural workouts)

1. An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
   • 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
2. A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
   • If athletes do too much too soon, they will be stiff and sore 24 to 48 hours after a new workout.2007, Peter Twist, Complete Conditioning for Hockey, page 170
3. (broadly) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
   • Cynthia's phone got a workout, as well. In approximately three days since the news had hit the street, a total of five bridal showers had been booked, not to mention a luncheon at Esther Cunningham's and tea at Olivia Harper's.2001, Jan Karon, A Common Life: The Wedding Story, page 41