setting-up exercise

American  

[set-ing-uhp] / ˈsɛt ɪŋˈʌp /

noun

1. any of a set of exercises, as deep knee bends and push-ups, for improving one's posture, muscle tone, or limberness, or for reducing one's weight.

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Etymology

Origin of setting-up exercise

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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setting-up exercise

The lad began moving his arms as if stretching himself or going through a sort of setting-up exercise.

From Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson

They prefer philosophy to be a gentle intellectual setting-up exercise.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

There wasn't anything to laugh at, but we could see his teeth shining white, and he grinned every minute while he went through a sort of setting-up exercise.

From Back to God's Country and Other Stories by James Oliver Curwood

Calisthenics may be called the big brother, the grown-up form, of the setting-up exercise.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss

It is unnecessary to describe in detail the parts of the setting-up exercise which tend to develop members which are already pretty thoroughly exercised in the daily routine of work and drill.

From Keeping Fit All the Way by Walter Camp