noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fitness test
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Walcott will have a fitness test this morning to decide whether he can play.
energy/fitness level
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Her fitness level is better than that of most 20-year-olds.
fitness freak
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a fitness freak
fitness
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a fitness fanatic
fitness/dance/fashion etc craze
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The jogging craze began in the 1970s.
physical fitness
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You need to work on your physical fitness.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
full
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If restoring himself to full driving fitness was one thing, Ferrari was no help on the psychological front.
general
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Questions also cover much broader aspects of general health and fitness .
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Begin exercises to increase general fitness , start gentle swimming.
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Stamina, flexibility, sharp reflexes and general physical fitness are required to perform the fighting movements with ease.
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Heartwatch offers an assessment of a person's risk from heart disease and general health and fitness checks.
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The question begs: is there, after all these centuries, an absolute best exercise for general fitness ?
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Training was geared more to general fitness than particular skills, and centred on running and skipping to improve speed and stamina.
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Before operation all patients underwent general physical examination and electrocardiographic and lung function studies to determine their general fitness for operation.
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It is an excellent way to exercise at home for general fitness and as a preparation for skiing.
inclusive
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To what extent its reproductive strategies emphasize such altruism depends on the pay-off of such strategies in terms of inclusive fitness .
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Those that increase inclusive fitness through behaviour facilitating reproduction by relatives are nepotistic.
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Both, however, exist to maximize the inclusive fitness of breeding in their exponents.
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All individuals are closely related and the behaviour probably maintains a high degree of inclusive fitness for all parties.
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Finally, the superego again acts as regulator over the tendency towards maximum inclusive fitness .
late
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Lancashire will make a late fitness check on Orrell hooker Neil Hitchen, who is recovering from a neck injury.
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Striker Paul Rideout faces a late fitness test on a shoulder injury.
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Wimbledon v Oldham Warren Barton faces a late fitness test.
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But Durie picked up a knee injury and faces a late fitness test before today's game against Everton.
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Southend await a late fitness test on Andy Ansah before naming today's side.
new
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Bodifit kicks off! NEW fitness club Bodifit kicked off last week with an official opening by the Glentoran football squad.
physical
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A surge of participation in evening classes and sports is as much about a search for companionship as mental and physical fitness .
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Too many hours in front of the computer screen can destroy physical fitness .
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Teeth Dental health is an important ingredient of total physical fitness .
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Stamina, flexibility, sharp reflexes and general physical fitness are required to perform the fighting movements with ease.
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Then there was the small matter of my physical fitness .
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Once we started trekking we soon discovered that mental attitude and camaraderie were far more important than physical fitness .
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Nupa emphasized physical fitness and organized discipline.
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Or work on your physical fitness ?
■ NOUN
centre
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Two full size soccer pitches, and inside a fully equipped fitness centre complement the gymnasium and provide a comprehensive community facility.
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Leogang also has a super leisure and fitness centre , with a heated open-air swimming pool.
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Amenities include health and fitness centre with squash courts and indoor pool.
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There's also a good restaurant, bar and rooftop fitness centre with sauna, solarium and jacuzzi.
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The Hotel's fitness centre offers extensive facilities. 319 bedrooms, all ensuite, 24 hour room service.
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The hotel fitness centre is definitely worth a visit to enjoy a Roman-style steam bath, sauna, swimming-pool and whirlpool.
facility
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A Northallerton Town football player has been signed up to improve fitness facilities at Hambleton leisure centres.
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Another snack bar serves the fifth floor fitness facility .
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Lakeside leisure complex with pool and extensive health and fitness facilities .
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Athletic Club were only a fitness facility it would be the best Downtown and one of the best in the entire city.
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Regular travellers committed to such programmes are likely to choose hotels providing appropriate health and fitness facilities .
freak
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Arkwright Myers, a fifty-year-old fitness freak , introduces himself as the owner.
level
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Again, the amount of time you run depends on your current fitness level .
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So far, no other study linking obesity to ill health has factored in the subjects' fitness level .
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The main physical benefit is improving the fitness level as measured by the maximum oxygen uptake.
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Thirty-six percent of doctors said they were dissatisfied with their overall fitness level .
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Admittedly, these were early days in the season, before the tough training schedule at Richmond had beefed up fitness levels .
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Maintain your fitness level during this period but cut out sparring.
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What it fails to say is that it is a high intensity workout which does not suit all fitness levels .
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Even if it did, how can players keep those fitness levels up?
programme
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Get working on a fitness programme to suit you - it will alleviate that post-winter sluggish feeling too.
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At last you are ready to get properly started on your own personal health and fitness programme .
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Within the next few months he hopes to introduce an individual fitness programme for people using the centres.
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Others crouched on their haunches and kicked out their back legs behind them, like men carrying out a complex fitness programme .
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That's why I believe my New Body Plan is the most effective diet and fitness programme ever.
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It can be dangerous to over-exert yourself greatly at the beginning of your fitness programme .
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Last year Ruth taught primary-school teachers undergoing a government-sponsored fitness programme .
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If the insides of the thighs are stretching, then you are attempting this exercise too early in your fitness programme .
room
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There's also a fitness room , sauna and turkish steam bath.
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Other facilities include a bar, an excellent restaurant, swimming pool, fitness room , sauna, solarium &038; skittle alley.
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A sauna is available free twice a week and there is also a fitness room .
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Tennis courts, a fitness room , sauna, massage and beauty parlour are all available at a charge payable locally.
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Swimming: Large pool with waterfall, fountain, showers, sauna, whirlpool and fitness room .
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There's a fitness room , sauna and a solarium.
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There's a reception area and bar, comfortable dining room , plus a fitness room, sauna and indoor swimming-pool.
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Warrender Sports Centre runs induction classes for newcomers to the fitness room .
test
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A fitness test this morning will decide which of the two starts.
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Town could have some team problems tomorrow; keeper Nicky Hammond is facing a fitness test .
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During the two weeks of glorious sunshine, we all did our annual weapons, first aid and fitness tests .
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He faces a fitness test today on the hamstring strain that has kept him out for two matches.
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Villa give Dalian Atkinson fitness test on a stomach strain.
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Nicky Summerbee has come through a fitness test on a leg strain.
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And all this bollocks about waiting for Pearce to fail the fitness test .
training
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Derrick took up fitness training just 13 years ago after his jewellery importing business folded.
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Some are veritable campuses where students can learn about logarithms as well as lobs, fine arts as well a s fitness training .
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They will have to do a lot of physical fitness training .
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To earn it one's sponsor suggested that fitness training should start now.
■ VERB
face
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Town could have some team problems tomorrow; keeper Nicky Hammond is facing a fitness test.
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He faces a fitness test today on the hamstring strain that has kept him out for two matches.
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Striker Paul Rideout faces a late fitness test on a shoulder injury.
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Wimbledon v Oldham Warren Barton faces a late fitness test.
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But Durie picked up a knee injury and faces a late fitness test before today's game against Everton.
improve
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The main physical benefit is improving the fitness level as measured by the maximum oxygen uptake.
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Join a health club to improve your fitness and figure. look carefully at your clothes.
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A Northallerton Town football player has been signed up to improve fitness facilities at Hambleton leisure centres.
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It isn't necessary to run seven days a week to improve fitness .
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To succeed again they will have to improve their fitness and concentration, the only flaws in an otherwise faultless game-plan.
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They are designed to keep the body supple, develop co-ordination and improve poise and general fitness .
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A student undergoes a prolonged period of performing stamina exercises aimed at raising the heart rate and improving overall fitness .
increase
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Begin exercises to increase general fitness , start gentle swimming.
prove
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He was given an ultimatum by Murphy to prove his fitness by Friday but went well in training on Monday.
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Recent California proposals attempt to shift the burden to parents to prove their fitness .
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The club however are believed to be in no hurry to agree until he proves his fitness .
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I believe old Mel played in some pre-season games and proved his fitness ??
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Stuart Ripley and Andy Payton proved their fitness as second-half substitutes against Brighton.
work
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Get working on a fitness programme to suit you - it will alleviate that post-winter sluggish feeling too.
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About five years ago, when he first learned that he might become ill, Dominic worked with a fitness trainer.
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The programme first of all explains how a Bouncer works on fitness in general and in rehabilitation plus other problems such as arthritis.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Join a health club to improve your fitness .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Experience, training and fitness sets hotshots apart from so-called Type 2 crews, the infantry of firefighting.
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Greater levels of fitness and better team organisation are two of the more obvious modern achievements.
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I liked him instantly, especially as he was a fitness fanatic and his body was solid and taut.
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Let's hope he is able to get in some training at his field hospital so that he at least stays in touch with his fitness .
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Strategies that maximize the individual fitness component may be termed selfish.
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The vital combination of technique, fitness and mental strength had all noticeably progressed.