FITNESS
Across
- 2. run at a steady gentle pace, as a form of physical exercise
- 3. essential to building muscle mass
- 5. ability to move quickly and easily
- 9. a condition of body and mind which typically recurs for several hours every night
- 12. activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness
- 13. loose, warm trousers, worn when exercising
- 15. sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water
- 17. shortcut for repetition
- 18. a person's mental or physical condition
- 19. a device generally for walking, running or climbing while staying in the same place
- 21. UP: an upper-body strength exercise
- 24. a high-intensity fitness programme incorporating elements from several sports and types of exercise
- 26. the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth
- 29. a popular fitness program inspired by Latin dance
- 30. a special course of food to which a person restricts themselves, either to lose weight or for medical reasons
- 31. a sport involving strenuous physical exercise in order to strengthen and enlarge the muscles of the body
- 32. part of skeleton
- 33. fitness centre
- 36. a session of vigorous physical exercise or training
- 37. the state of being grossly fat or overweight
Down
- 1. vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity
- 2. push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet
- 4. an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady
- 6. push or pull on an object
- 7. a strength exercise in which the trainee lowers his or her hips from a standing position and then stands back up
- 8. the quality or state of being physically strong
- 10. isometric core strength exercise that involves maintaining a position similar to a push-up for the maximum possible time
- 11. DOWN/ COOL DOWN: recover from strenuous physical exertion by doing gentle stretches and exercises
- 14. take air into the lungs and then expel it
- 16. the sport or activity of lifting barbells
- 20. a piece of equipment used in weight training
- 21. UP: raising and lowering the body using the arms
- 22. use of bicycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport
- 23. straighten or extend one's body or a part of one's body to its full length
- 25. type of exercise that raises your heart rate
- 27. most popular abdominal exercise
- 28. a large four-part muscle of the front of the thigh
- 32. PRESSURE: The pressure of circulating the blood on the walls of the blood vessels
- 34. A group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India
- 35. the ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort