Aerobics | Define Aerobics at Dictionary.com

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British Dictionary definitions for aerobics Expand

(functioning as sing) any system of sustained exercises designed to increase the amount of oxygen in the blood and strengthen the heart and lungs

Word Origin and History for aerobics Expand

method of exercise and a fad in early 1980s, American English, coined 1968 by Kenneth H. Cooper, U.S. physician, from aerobic (also see -ics) on the notion of activities which require modest oxygen intake and thus can be maintained.

aerobics in Medicine Expand

aerobics aerobics (-r'bks) n.

A system of physical conditioning to enhance circulatory and respiratory efficiency that involves vigorous, sustained exercise, such as jogging, swimming, or cycling, thereby improving the body's use of oxygen.

A program of physical fitness that involves such exercise.

aerobics in Culture Expand

Exercise designed specifically to improve cardiovascular fitness and, subsequently, the body's use of oxygen. Also called aerobic exercise.

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