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treated as singular or pluralA system of physical exercises based on small repeated movements.
‘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 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.’
‘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.’
Origin
1980s: named after Callan Pinckney (born 1939), American deviser of the system, perhaps on the pattern of athletics.