physical fitness
noun
: good health and strength achieved through exercise
The program promotes healthy eating and physical fitness.
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Thierno believed in physical fitness, even if sports weren’t necessarily his thing.
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Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
But prolonging your life isn’t only about physical fitness: a near 90-year-long study from Harvard University found that those who live happier, longer lives have good relationships.
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
For instance, exercise and physical fitness have been shown to cause some people to want to be more intimate.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Not every show can have contestants on the level of Physical: 100, and of course, not every person who signs up for Survivor, The Amazing Race, The Challenge, Naked and Afraid, Alone, or any other survival competition is going to be at peak physical fitness.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
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Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
But prolonging your life isn’t only about physical fitness: a near 90-year-long study from Harvard University found that those who live happier, longer lives have good relationships.
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
For instance, exercise and physical fitness have been shown to cause some people to want to be more intimate.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Not every show can have contestants on the level of Physical: 100, and of course, not every person who signs up for Survivor, The Amazing Race, The Challenge, Naked and Afraid, Alone, or any other survival competition is going to be at peak physical fitness.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Physical fitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physical%20fitness. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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