gymnastics

noun

as in calisthenics

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Recent Examples of gymnastics Jones, a senior marketing manager who also travels to different countries as a national gymnastics judge during gymnastics season, recently addressed the subject on TikTok. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 Its arena can hold up to 3,600 fans and will host Pitt volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling, bringing those teams’ practices and competitions into a modern venue built for larger crowds, game-day presentation and recruiting. — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026 His own sons play football, basketball, and lacrosse, while his daughter does gymnastics and basketball. — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 1 Aug. 2026 That all came from viral TikToks and a collegiate gymnastics career. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 By the age of three, his parents had started taking him to gymnastics classes. — Tom Williams, New York Times, 9 July 2026 Qatar is expected to be a strong candidate after hosting world championships in many top-tier Olympic supports including track and field, gymnastics, swimming, soccer and cycling. — ABC News, 24 June 2026 This time around, Andrade represented the Brazilian gymnastics team at the 2026 Pan American Championships, marking the start of her Olympic comeback in her home country. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 Binkowski competed for Naperville Central’s gymnastics team in her first two years, barely missing qualifying for sectionals as a sophomore. — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gymnastics
  1. aerobics
  2. bodybuilding
  3. activity
  4. body mechanics
  5. weight lifting
  6. conditioning
Noun
  • Decades later, its beat still feels engineered for aerobics rooms, dance floors, and any moment that needs an extra push.
    — Brittney Williams, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026
  • My husband took a golf lesson while my daughters and I headed to River Ranch for some water aerobics and a Pilates class.
    — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of aerobics
Noun
  • Drugs such as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs) have serious short- and long-term consequences for both mental and physical health, and their use has spread outside traditional athletic and bodybuilding communities.
    — Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
  • His collection also included hundreds of photographs by bodybuilding photographer Artie Zeller, who documented Schwarzenegger from the beginning of his American career.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bodybuilding
Noun
  • Mbappé did, however, post a video of himself cycling on social media over the weekend, days after his Real Madrid manager, José Mourinho, said that activity is one soccer players should avoid.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • What to do nearby Given its location in the heart of West Hollywood and on the Sunset Strip, the options for activities nearby are nearly limitless.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of activity
Noun
  • Instead, use safe body mechanics, which can mean squatting to pick up a weight rather than bending over.
    — Hadia Zainab, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Sasaki said through an interpreter after he was lifted from the game that something felt off about his upper-body mechanics.
    — Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of body mechanics
Noun
  • Another humanoid robot in the weight lifting event crashed into the judges’ table.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The immediate effects are most pronounced in sports like weight lifting, cycling, and sprinting, where there is a more direct relationship between raw physical ability and results.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of weight lifting
Noun
  • Mirković has been doing work on the underwater and anti-gravity treadmills, but a foot injury requires regaining his conditioning.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The units have air conditioning, and the site has laundry facilities.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of conditioning

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