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calisthenics = body weight exercises | calisthenics = body weight exercises | ||
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Also callisthenics, kind of light gymnastics, 1842, (the adjective calisthenic/callisthenic, of exercises, was in use by 1837), formed on model of French callisthenie, from Latinized combining form of Greek kallos "beauty" (see Callisto) + sthenos "strength, power, ability, might" (perhaps from PIE root *segh- "to have, hold," on the notion of "steadfastness, toughness") + -ics. | Also callisthenics, kind of light gymnastics, 1842, (the adjective calisthenic/callisthenic, of exercises, was in use by 1837), formed on model of French callisthenie, from Latinized combining form of Greek kallos "beauty" (see Callisto) + sthenos "strength, power, ability, might" (perhaps from PIE root *segh- "to have, hold," on the notion of "steadfastness, toughness") + -ics.\ | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:19, 7 April 2019
calisthenics = body weight exercises
From the Online Etymology Dictionary:
Also callisthenics, kind of light gymnastics, 1842, (the adjective calisthenic/callisthenic, of exercises, was in use by 1837), formed on model of French callisthenie, from Latinized combining form of Greek kallos "beauty" (see Callisto) + sthenos "strength, power, ability, might" (perhaps from PIE root *segh- "to have, hold," on the notion of "steadfastness, toughness") + -ics.\- https://www.etymonline.com/word/calisthenics
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calisthenics body weight workouts
Home workouts - Ring workouts - Tabata workouts - Strength workouts - Endurance workouts
Abs - Legs - Shoulders - Back/Biceps - Chest/Triceps
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