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

A calisthenics workout at home We have a third room in the crib where we keep workout equipment, so I’ve become a calisthenics freak.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

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

When the physical-education officer at Lowery Field ordered everyone to fall out for calisthenics one afternoon, Yossarian, the private, reported instead at the dispensary with what he said was a pain in his right side.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller