Fitness

Fitness

Related to the practice of regular exercise to maintain good physical condition and health.

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sulfur

Fitness; Spa

A chemical element that is an important constituent of many proteins and is often found in thermal pools and in some therapeutic muds. Sulfur is believed to reduce oxidative ...

Swiss shower

Fitness; Spa

A Swiss shower is one in which fresh water is sprayed over the standing body from both overhead and side-positioned, needle-like jet valves at varying heights. A massaging and ...

synergy

Fitness; Spa

When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts and those parts are mutually enhancing.

taila

Fitness; Spa

Medicated massage oils that are made by cooking herbs into a fatty base such as sesame or coconut oil. These medicated oils are used in ayurvedic medicine and for external ...

terme

Fitness; Spa

Thermal bath. From the Greek therme meaning heat, and thermai meaning of or related to hot springs.

thermal mud

Fitness; Spa

Mud that comes from an area around hot springs. It can be applied at the site while still hot from the spring water, or it can be extracted and heated for later application ...