calisthenic
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García Bernal prepared for the role by gaining weight and participating in regular calisthenic exercises on top of some rigorous wrestling training a few months before the shoot.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023
If you’re not, you can use it as an occasional calisthenic when your mind feels stiff.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022
The evening opened with the calisthenic overture to “Oberon,” German composer Carl Maria von Weber’s 1826 opera, and his only one in English, premiering just two months before his death at age 39.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022
They’re forced to participate in some sort of calisthenic escape room, and they spend 40 minutes learning that the whole thing is rigged against them.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2019
We flexed our fingers "for the circulation" and worked ourselves into quite a state of calisthenic frenzy.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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