Thesaurus results for BODY MECHANICS

body mechanics

noun

Definition of body mechanics

as in weight lifting

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Recent Examples of body mechanics Instead, use safe body mechanics, which can mean squatting to pick up a weight rather than bending over. — Hadia Zainab, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026 Sasaki said through an interpreter after he was lifted from the game that something felt off about his upper-body mechanics. — Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026 Adjust settings to accommodate your body mechanics and ensure a comfortable range of motion. — Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025 His background is in sports science, so body mechanics are important to him. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The immediate effects are most pronounced in sports like weight lifting, cycling, and sprinting, where there is a more direct relationship between raw physical ability and results.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Ouchi recommends constant physical strengthening, specifically weight lifting.

— Adaira Landry, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Definition of weight lifting

Noun

By the age of three, his parents had started taking him to gymnastics classes.

— Tom Williams, New York Times, 9 July 2026
Qatar is expected to be a strong candidate after hosting world championships in many top-tier Olympic supports including track and field, gymnastics, swimming, soccer and cycling.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026

Definition of gymnastics

Noun

Doing so could have health benefits greater than participating in other recreational sports or fitness activities.

— Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
Recognizing the complex from a previous arrest but seeing little activity, the team planned to return later.

— Reeti Malhotra July 13, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of activity

Noun

Others have worn them directly into water for pool aerobics, creek wading, and more.

— Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026
Gilad Janklowicz, a fitness instructor whose signature syndicated TV program Bodies In Motion brought daily exercise routines to viewers newly dazzled by the exercise and aerobics movement of the 1980s and ’90s, died Tuesday, June 9.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 June 2026

Definition of aerobics

Noun

Without the air conditioning, security and electricity of the motel rooms, the plaintiffs are in danger, the suit alleges.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
The appeal is using waste heat – the kind that leaks out of a data center or a bakery oven – to cool spaces without adding to the electrical load of conventional air conditioning.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 July 2026

Definition of conditioning

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