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Physical fitness   /fˈɪzɪkəl fˈɪtnəs/   Listen
Physical fitness

noun
1.
Good physical condition; being in shape or in condition.  Synonym: fitness.






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"Physical fitness" Quotes from Famous Books



... demand. Marriage and motherhood are still recognized as normal conditions for most women, but we let their industrial life step in between their homemaking preparation in home and school, with the result that many lose physical fitness or mental aptitude or inclination for the home life. We treat marriage as an incident, even though it occurs often enough to be for most women the rule rather than the exception. At some time in their lives, 93.8 per cent ...
— Vocational Guidance for Girls • Marguerite Stockman Dickson

... provide athletics for the men in order to duplicate as nearly as possible the home environment, produce physical fitness with high vitality, and in this we feel that we shall have the most generous and whole-souled co-operation from the Y.M.C.A., the Knights of Columbus, the War Camp Community Service, and all the agencies that are established ...
— Our Navy in the War • Lawrence Perry

... musical drill, and organized games form an important part of the training, and the teachers deserve commendation for the efficiency of the pupils in these respects and their general appearance of physical fitness. ...
— Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders • W. H. Triggs, Donald McGavin, Frederick Truby King, J. Sands Elliot, Ada G. Patterson, C.E. Matthews



Words linked to "Physical fitness" :   condition, unfitness, shape, fitness, fettle



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