workout
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Noun
workout (plural workouts)
- An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
- 2008, Jim Montgomery, Mo Chambers, Mastering Swimming, page 157:
- The following guidelines for smart weekly scheduling can simplify this piece of the planning: Swim three or four workouts each week.
- A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
- 2007, Peter Twist, Complete Conditioning for Hockey, page 170:
- If athletes do too much too soon, they will be stiff and sore 24 to 48 hours after a new workout.
- 2010, Mark Alvisi (quote from a reader), "Mark of a Champion", Muscular Development 47(1): 350
- I read in another magazine about a workout that can put a whole inch on your arms in just one day!
- (by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
- 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019:
- After the camera pans around and we welcome back a lot of familiar faces (Edmure Tully! Yara Greyjoy! Brienne!), the themes of opposition to fate, emotional appeals, and ethical duty get an even better workout.
- 2001, Jan Karon, A Common Life: The Wedding Story, page 41:
- Cynthia's phone got a workout, as well. In approximately three days since the news had hit the street, a total of five bridal showers had been booked, not to mention a luncheon at Esther Cunningham's and tea at Olivia Harper's.
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an exercise session; a period of physical exercise
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schedule or program of exercises, especially with a goal
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