calisthenic
Americanadjective
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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
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
As portrayed by Michael Russotto in Olney Theatre Center’s “Bakersfield Mist,” the art expert approaches a canvas with an absorption that is positively calisthenic.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2016
After moving to New York in her early 20s, she met Carmine Caruso, a brass guru who devised an adaptable set of calisthenic exercises for trumpet.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2013
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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