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Callanetics, n.|kæləˈnɛtɪks|
[f. the name of Callan Pinckney (b. 1939), U.S. inventor of the system + -etics, perh. after athletics n.]
A proprietary name for a system of exercises designed to improve muscle tone by the performance of small repeated movements involving deeper-lying muscles.
1984Pinckney & Batson (title) Callanetics: ten years younger in ten hours. 1986Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 19 Aug. tm106/1 Callanetics... First use 2–1–1974. 1989Times 9 Mar. 15/1 We have the Duchess of York to thank for the current Callanetics craze. 1990Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 17/2 Callanetics..is also boring, just like every other regime—more so in fact since the exercises are not done to music. |