PHYSICAL EXERTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does physical exertion mean? 

• PHYSICAL EXERTION (noun)
  The noun PHYSICAL EXERTION has 1 sense:

1. the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit

  Familiarity information: PHYSICAL EXERTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYSICAL EXERTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

exercise; exercising; physical exercise; physical exertion; workout

Context example:

the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit

Hypernyms ("physical exertion" is a kind of...):

effort; elbow grease; exertion; sweat; travail (use of physical or mental energy; hard work)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "physical exertion"):

cardiopulmonary exercise (exercise intended to strengthen the circulatory system)

gymnastic exercise ((gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus))

kick up (raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a first movement in doing a handstand)

exercise set; set (several exercises intended to be done in series)

anaerobic exercise; bodybuilding; muscle building; musclebuilding (exercise that builds muscles through tension)

calisthenics; callisthenics (light exercises designed to promote general fitness)

isometric exercise; isometrics (muscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding exercises) involving muscular contractions against resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the length of the muscle does not change))

isotonic exercise (exercise in which opposing muscles contract and there is controlled movement (tension is constant while the lengths of the muscles change))

Kegel exercises; pubococcygeus exercises (exercises for women designed to improve the ability to hold urine)

stretch; stretching (exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent)

arm exercise (exercise designed to strengthen the arm muscles)

back exercise (exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles)

leg exercise (exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles)

neck exercise (exercise designed to strengthen the neck muscles)

stomach exercise; tummy crunch (an exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles)

yoga (a system of physical, breathing and meditation exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind)

 Context examples 

Unstable angina is the most dangerous. It does not follow a pattern and can happen without physical exertion.

(Angina, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Melatonin had these effects in rats even when other factors, like diet or the amount of physical exertion, were held equal.

(Study confirms melatonin helps burn calories and curbs weight gain, University of Granada)