physical exertion
Straining your muscles
Physical exertion is the expenditure of bodily effort and energy—using muscles, elevating heart rate, working up a sweat.
The phrase appears often in medical and fitness contexts: The doctor advised against physical exertion for six weeks.
It encompasses everything from climbing stairs to running marathons, distinguished from mental effort by its demand on the body rather than the mind.
- liftingRaising something heavy
- pumping ironStrength training slang
- workoutStructured physical exercise
- hitting the gymGoing to exercise
- cardioPulse-elevating exercise regimen
running · labor · jogging · calisthenics · pushing limits · muscle contraction · sweating · fatigue · catching your breath · hiking · breaking a sweat · strain · manual labor · hauling · exercise · dancing · heart rate · endurance
- farmworker healthfarmworkers, field workers, seasonal workers, heat stress, labor camps
- aerobic fitnessaerobic capacity, aerobic fitness, aerobic exercise, VO2 max, endurance
- dehydrationdehydration, fluid loss, thirst, dry mouth, dark urine
physical exertionrest
Cessation of activity
stillness · inactivity · repose · relaxation · idleness
physical exertionbrainwork
Intellectual labor
thinking · contemplation · desk work · intellectual labor · meditation