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physique

physique

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A competition class where people show a lean, athletic, well-balanced body
  • noun
  • /fɪˈziːk/
  • Jargon
translation icon : categoría physique
  • It consisted of a fitness challenge and a physique challenge, and after I competed in the fitness challenge, I was told that only the top 10 would compete in the physique challenge.
  • Peak Physique

We have the first being men's physique, that is the board shorts.

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Examples

  • The finals of the men's physique championship.

    Whatever It Takes (1998)

  • The next morning, I got an email saying I actually did qualify for the physique challenge.

    Blog text (25)

  • Can you achieve that physique with an hour or two a day?

  • Many physique athletes cut their water to nothing, but in my opinion, this is extreme.

    Blog text (25)

  • They built that physique by lifting weights, right?

  • And now I'm, I'm doing my first pro men's physique bodybuilding competition.

  • So I compete in men's physique, which is a bodybuilding class, and that transits transitions from athletic look.

  • Some of these blogs are written by people who have lost tremendous amounts of weight; others are written by people who have gone from a skinny physique or a chubby physique to winning bodybuilding competitions.

    Blog text (13)

  • 'Not in a million years would I ever think that Joe would be able to return to a physique competition,' he said.

  • The next morning, I got an email saying I actually did qualify for the physique challenge.

Surface Forms

physique singular
physiques plural

Etymology

The word physique comes from French and the Greek root physis meaning 'nature' or 'growth', and it is the same root as the English word physical. So in competitions a 'physique' division is a contest that judges an athlete's body shape, balance and how they look on stage.