Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "exercise" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

couch couch potato lazy off potato rest sitting slacking slacking off sloth

Capable Of

amount to long healthy life condition condition heart condition person to hard work consist of lifting weights fourm of recreation give pounding headache heat muscles help keep young help person live longer helps to keep people warm increase heart rate increase muscle mas lower cholesterol make feel warm make one happy occur in swimming pool prevents injury in long term put stress on knee results in injury strengthen muscles work out

Causes

fitness injury need for food shortness of breath sweat sweating thirst

Causes Desire

have shower rest

Derived Terms

Brandt-Daroff exercise aquacise boxercise compound exercise cyberexercise dancercise deskercise ekker exercisability exercisable exercise ball exercise bicycle exercise bike exercise bone exercise book exercise bulimia exercise cycle exercise for the reader exercise in futility exercise machine exercise price exercise regime exercise the ferret exercise track exercise wheel exercised exerciser exercisewear exercisible exercising exercycle exergame exergaming exertainment five finger exercise five-finger exercise floor exercise free-exercise clause in-basket exercise in-tray exercise jazzercise low exercise price option manual exercise military exercise nonexercise nonexercising outexercise overexercise postexercise preexercise pregnercise rebound exercise run for the exercise sexercise training exercise underexercise unexercised vacuum exercise watercise

Distinct From

fat fun work

Entails

move

First Subevents

breathe correctly expend energy put on proper clothes stretch weigh

Last Subevents

cool off shower shower please work up sweat

Prerequisites

change cloths check with doctor dance decide if need to exercise do deep knee bends do stretches and warmup drink lots of water eat right energy find free time get out of chair get weights go for walk go on walk go running go to gym goto gym jog join gym just do lift weight limber up make effort make time move put on tennis shoes run skate stop talking to strech stretch first stretch legs talk to doctor vigorous warm up first where comfortable clothes

Has Property

best done on regular basis fun good good for body good for body and mind important to living long life very good for

Subevents

aerobic activity burn calories burn fat carry little towel cruches crunches drink water fatigue feeling better yourself gain muscles get tired getting exhausted getting fit improve health increase metabolism increase muscle mass increase stamina lose weight mistake raise raise heart rate run shortness of breath sore muscles wanting to stop

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

act action activity apply ceremonial ceremonial occasion ceremony effort elbow grease employ exertion grooming learn lesson move observance preparation put to work read study sweat take training travail use utilise utilize work

Type Of (IsA)

action activity to maintain health ceremony effort event lesson one way not to lazy one way to maintain good health training way of coping with stress

Manner Of

work

Motivated By Goal

become better become muscular better ehalth build stamina can good fun fatass fit get in shape get thin getting fat good health improve improve fitness level increase energy level keep up with dog keeps healthy less weight live longer loose weight physically fit stay fit strengthen muscles you're fat

Receives Action

done anywhere person can move overrated

Related Terms

exorcise train work out

Related Terms

ability action activity aerobic aerobic activity aerobics after after stretch around at gym before before running behavior being being fit being healthy beneficial benefit benefits biking body body beneficial body benefit body optimizing breathing breathing hard brisk brisk walk building building muscles burn burn calories burning burning calories calisthenics calorie calorie burning calories cardiovascular conditioning develop ex exert exertion exhausting fit fitness fitness action fitness gym general get fit get in getting getting fit growth gym gym activity gym work gym workout gyms hard hard work health health activity health benefits health gym health movement healthy healthy action healthy activity healthy behavior healthy movement heart heart healthy heart rate hone improvement in gym in shape jack jacks jog jogging jogging biking jump jump up jumping jumping jack jumping jacks keep keep fit keeping keeping fit lifting lifting weights losing losing weight loss move move around movement moving muscle muscle growth muscle work muscles optimizing out physical physical activity physical conditioning physical exertion physical fitness physical movement physical workout practice put into practice raises raises sweat rate reduction routines run run jump run treadmill running running jogging running jumping running weights shape sit sit ups skill sport staying staying fit staying healthy strength strenuous stretch stretching stretching body sweat sweaty tiring train training treadmill up ups vigorous vigorous movement walk warm warm up weight weight loss weight reduction weights work work out working working out workout workout action workout activity yoga

Similar Terms

work work out

Synonym Network

drill exert practice use work out

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