Relating to or involving bodyweight exercises designed to build strength and flexibility without using equipment.
From Greek kalos (beautiful) + sthenos (strength) plus -ic suffix; first used in the 1800s to describe this emerging fitness philosophy.
Calisthenic training was championed by Prussian educators in the 1800s who saw it as character-building because it required discipline and dedication without fancy equipment—pure will and body.
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