exercise

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see also ATHLETICS, SPORT, LEARN
- use of the body in a way that will keep you healthy: exercise (noun U); verb: exercise
His doctor advised him to take more exercise. ◎ strenuous/vigorous exercise (= exercise that uses a lot of energy)
It's important to exercise regularly.
- a movement or activity that you do in order to keep fit or to train for a sport: exercise (often plural)
He does keep-fit exercises every morning.
- exercise in schools is often called PE (= physical education)
a PE teacher
- having a strong healthy body: fit, in good shape; opposite: unfit; the state of being physically fit: fitness (noun U)
You should really try to get more fit. ◎ The doctor said I was overweight and unfit.
- to become healthy by exercising: get* into shape
- to stay healthy by exercising: keep* fit
He keeps fit by playing tennis twice a week.
- to lose weight by exercising: work sth off
He worked off several pounds in the gym.
- to do exercise to make yourself strong and fit: work out; noun: workout
She works out at the City Gymnasium. ◎ an energetic workout
- to do exercise so as to be in good condition to do a sport: train (for sth), be in training
I'm training for the marathon ◎ Top athletes have to be in training all the time.
- to do some exercises before you start doing a sport: warm up; noun: warm-up
The 100-metre finalists are warming up beside the track. ◎ Let's start with a warm-up.
- a large room with equipment for doing different kinds of exercises: gymnasium (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums), gym
※—† kinds of exercise
- energetic physical exercises (often done to music) that increase the amount of oxygen in your blood: aerobics (noun U)
to go to aerobics classes
- a type of exercise in which you lie face down on the floor and push your body up with your hands: press-up (AmE push-up)
- to jump over a rope that you or two others hold and turn so that it goes over your head and under your feet: skip (AmE jump rope); the rope is called a skipping rope (AmE jump rope)
- to make a movement in which you roll forward with your feet going over your head: somersault
- a system of exercises for the mind as well as the body: yoga (noun U)
a yoga class

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
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