physical fitness
noun
: good health and strength achieved through exercise
The program promotes healthy eating and physical fitness.
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No special skills are required, just a willingness to work outdoors and a reasonable level of physical fitness.
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Coral Murphy Marcos, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The job demands physical fitness and acute risk assessment skills.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Executive coaching is about building leadership muscles, much like physical fitness.
—Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Those include creating greater lethality in the military, fixing the war colleges, promoting leaders focused on war-winning, putting more of an emphasis on physical fitness, and streamlining the budget process and ensuring spending goes to the most urgent priorities.
—The Editors, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025
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Coral Murphy Marcos, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The job demands physical fitness and acute risk assessment skills.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Executive coaching is about building leadership muscles, much like physical fitness.
—Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Those include creating greater lethality in the military, fixing the war colleges, promoting leaders focused on war-winning, putting more of an emphasis on physical fitness, and streamlining the budget process and ensuring spending goes to the most urgent priorities.
—The Editors, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Physical fitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physical%20fitness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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