setting-up exercise

[ set-ing-uhp ]

noun

any of a set of exercises, as deep knee bends and push-ups, for improving one's posture, muscle tone, or limberness, or for reducing one's weight.

Origin of setting-up exercise

First recorded in 1895–1900

No, assented the adorable Miss Heath, Id have no time, not even for setting up exercises.
Betty Lee, Freshman | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
Ten-minute periods of vigorous setting-up exercises should be given three times a day to loosen and develop the muscles.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 | United States War Department
Mankind is divided into two classes—those who do setting-up exercises before breakfast and those who know they ought to but don't.
Jill the Reckless | P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
By his command the battalion went through the setting-up exercises and battalion drill in close and extended order.
The Colored Regulars in the United States Army | T. G. Steward
Another point of equal importance is that the setting-up exercises should be rendered as simple as possible.
Keeping Fit All the Way | Walter Camp

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