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P. G. Wodehouse employed a similar regimen, performing a series of 12 callisthenic exercises every morning after waking.

From Slate • May 3, 2013

Next time I was praying in church—on my knees, immobile, silent before Christ on the Cross—the image of this callisthenic communion with God in the middle of bags of flour kept coming to my mind.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

They imagine this wild animal roaming about the savannah on digestive walks after eating a prey that accepted its lot piously, or going for callisthenic runs to stay slim after overindulging.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

During the summer term the callisthenic class was given up, and swimming was held instead in the large bath beyond the gymnasium.

From The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life by Dixon, Arthur A.