Definition of Callanetics in English:
Callanetics
plural noun ˌkaləˈnɛtɪkskæləˈnɛdɪks
trademark in UK treated as singular or plural A system of physical exercises based on small repeated movements.
Example sentencesExamples
- Says Mary Adams of Callanetics In The UK: ‘We have had top athletes and girls who haven't exercised in their lives with both groups doing the same thing at their own pace.
- Ms. Lewis, a fitness expert and a ballet dancer, has been conducting dance workshops in the city, especially on Callanetics, a fitness programme developed in the U.S.
- I've finally reached that point where I've realised I'm not going to fit into my old clothes for a long while yet, Callanetics or no Callanetics.
- I spent exactly 48 minutes exercising in a Callanetics studio last year and vowed never to return.
- Tracey Habron brims with vibrancy and health, and she does body callanetics.
Origin
1980s: named after Callan Pinckney (born 1939), American deviser of the system, perhaps on the pattern of athletics.
Definition of Callanetics in US English:
Callanetics
plural nounkæləˈnɛdɪkskaləˈnediks
trademark in UK treated as singular or plural A system of physical exercises based on small repeated movements.
Example sentencesExamples
- I've finally reached that point where I've realised I'm not going to fit into my old clothes for a long while yet, Callanetics or no Callanetics.
- Ms. Lewis, a fitness expert and a ballet dancer, has been conducting dance workshops in the city, especially on Callanetics, a fitness programme developed in the U.S.
- I spent exactly 48 minutes exercising in a Callanetics studio last year and vowed never to return.
- Says Mary Adams of Callanetics In The UK: ‘We have had top athletes and girls who haven't exercised in their lives with both groups doing the same thing at their own pace.
- Tracey Habron brims with vibrancy and health, and she does body callanetics.
Origin
1980s: named after Callan Pinckney (born 1939), American deviser of the system, perhaps on the pattern of athletics.