physical jerks

American  

plural noun

British.

1. physical conditioning exercises, as push-ups and knee bends.

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physical jerks British  

plural noun

1. informal See jerk 1

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Example Sentences

At 11 I went to a girls’ grammar school where sport was valued, even if we were forced to do our physical jerks in pleated games skirts and/or grey knickers.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2020

Jade Goody, behind their ears; they didn't perform physical jerks to any of her five fitness DVDs or try recipes from her cookbook; they even missed her many broadcast and print appearances.

From Time Magazine Archive

We who were left kept on with our drills; we even did physical jerks on the slopes of Savoy Street, Strand.

From The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's) A Record of its Services in the Great War, 1914-1919 by Ward, Fred W.

You can wrestle with commissariat and ammunition returns, and the others might do a bit of parade and physical jerks or something this morning. 

From Cupid in Africa by Wren, P. C.

After about a week parades were announced, and in the early morning we were lined up for "physical jerks," by which is meant calisthenics, or setting-up exercises.

From "Over There" with the Australians by Knyvett, R. Hugh (Reginald Hugh)