low-impact
adjective
uk/ˌləʊˈɪm.pækt/us/ˌloʊˈɪm.pækt/notinvolvingone thing orpersonhittinganother with a lot offorce, forexamplenotinvolvingyourfeethittingthegroundwhen yourunorjump:
Start with low-impactexercisesuch aswalkingorcycling.
Ihategoing to thegym, but I do low-impactaerobicsathome.
notcausingmuchdamageto, or having abigeffecton, someone or something,especiallytheenvironment:
Theemphasishere is on low-impacttourism.
Theelectriccarparkedoutsideis asymbolof the couple's low-impactlifestyle.
Compare
high-impact
- Hearguedthat such a low-impactcollisioncould not havecausedthoseinjuriesin theplaintiff.
- You don'thearabout too many career-endingswimminginjuriesbecause thesportisrelativelylow-impact.
- Withrisinggaspricesandshrinkingwatersupplies, wildflowers are a low-impactalternativetolandscapedlawns.
- Hewantstopreservethetreesand otherplantlifein thearea, and thechangesthecitymakes will be low-impact.
- The low-impactoptiontaken by somefirmsis tocancelbonusesbutretainstaffevenif they areunderemployed.
Exercising & training
- aerial yoga
- aerobic
- Anti-Gravity yoga
- aquacise
- aquarobics
- bench
- interval training
- jog
- jog trot
- jumping jack
- Kegel exercise
- kettlebell
- resistance training
- Spinning
- star jump
- sweat
- Swiss ball
- tai chi
- taper
- triceps dip
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