physical fitness
noun
: good health and strength achieved through exercise
The program promotes healthy eating and physical fitness.
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Back as a freshman, Christopher was selected as squad leader over older students and then led the battalion's largest company to excellence in academics and physical fitness.
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Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Feb. 2026
For Anthony Abbott, owner of ADMA, a local Ramona gym and physical fitness Center, youth sports have never just been about competition.
—Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
In addition to good physical fitness, the Truckee Donner Land Trust notes on its website that visitors need to have avalanche education.
—Jaedyn Young, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Our physical fitness classes have gone soft.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
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Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Feb. 2026
For Anthony Abbott, owner of ADMA, a local Ramona gym and physical fitness Center, youth sports have never just been about competition.
—Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
In addition to good physical fitness, the Truckee Donner Land Trust notes on its website that visitors need to have avalanche education.
—Jaedyn Young, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Our physical fitness classes have gone soft.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Physical fitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physical%20fitness. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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