calisthenics

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The calisthenics then continue in his office, where he often does more push-ups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

You’re not going to have to resort to calisthenics to mash that avocado or that potato.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

Instead, reading is like mental calisthenics for film, priming the mind for flights of imagination and empathy.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

The movie opens with him speed walking in a circle inside a spacious, elegantly shambolic apartment before pausing to execute some calisthenics.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

The nearby gym was occupied by fellows either practicing basketball or boxing calisthenics and the walls echoed with thuddings, bouncings and whistles blowing, like a grotesque sound track.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier