daily dozen

daily dozen

An exercise routine that is done every day. The phrase originally referred to 12 specific exercises but is often used more broadly. I always feel better after I do my daily dozen, thanks to the endorphins.
See also: daily, dozen
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

daily dozen

Fig. physical exercises done every day. My brother always feels better after his daily dozen. She would rather do a daily dozen than go on a diet.
See also: daily, dozen
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

daily dozen

Physical exercise, as in Helen walks two miles every morning-that's her daily dozen. This term originally referred to a set of twelve specific calisthenic exercises to be performed every day. They were devised by a famous Yale University football coach, Walter Camp (1859-1925), and came into general use in the early 1900s. Despite the physical fitness craze of the late 1900s, these exercises and their name are no longer taken literally, but the term survives in a very general way.
See also: daily, dozen
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

daily dozen

n. a short set of daily exercises. I need to do my daily dozen before breakfast.
See also: daily, dozen
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • give (something) back (to someone) with interest
  • how about
  • how/what about...?
  • (one's) best foot forward
  • best foot forward
  • eggs is eggs
  • How long is a piece of string?
  • from my cold, dead hands
  • kicking and screaming
  • beck and call
References in periodicals archive
"So we do the Daily Dozen and it's finishing through contact, the ability to play through contact, keep your eyes on the rim and you've just got to work on it, grind it out."
Boylen's 'Magic' solution?
Personally when I'm "fed" I always take you as one does the daily dozen. But I prose intolerably....
24 Handwritten: October 23, 1928
Carl Fischer has rendered an important service to the string pedagogy world with the recent publication of The Dounis Collection, compiling in one book, 12 of Demetrius Dounis's most influential works, including The Artist's Technique Violin Playing and The Violin Players' Daily Dozen, and nine additional volumes, some of which were no longer easily available.
The Dounis Collection: Eleven Books of Studies for the Violin
AS the Dingles downed their daily dozen in the Woolpack in Emmerdale, they failed to notice a little Christmas miracle under their noses.
Gordon on the box; HE'S STILL CUSHTY
Golding likens his workout to "the Daily Dozen [calisthenics] in the Marine Corps ...
Keeping up with the young: the stiffness of aging may come from disuse
Two of his pictures were published in National Geographic's Daily Dozen. His goals are simpler though: "In this Instagram age where people upload and scroll through millions of pictures every day, I believe you have succeeded as a photographer if your photo stops the viewer in his tracks and draws him into the frame even for that extra moment or two."
The Language of Light
'IT'S scientifically proven that calories don't count on vacation," I'm told, as I bite into a hot, chewy, sugarcovered doughnut from Daily Dozen - the first of seven stops on my tour of Pike Place Market.
Seattle is paradise on a plate; A new direct flight from London makes buzzy Seattle an appealing city break option. From the top of the Space Needle to downtown drinking spots, KATIE WRIGHT discovers what the rapidly-growing metropolis has to offer
Hand-written on "Jim's 'Daily Dozen' paper", it reads: "Dear Prime Minister.
Handwritten letter declares Savile's 'love' for Thatcher; DJ ASKED PM TO AID HOSPITAL WHERE HE PREYED ON PATIENTS
UP hill, down dale, along beach and through the island's boggiest bits the indomitable Gore-Tex Girls walk, accompanied by the Luddite's yapping, neurotic collie Bella, to be picked up at the end of a daily dozen or so miles by the Radical's loyal retriever Keith in his car.
Life on Orkney is a whole lot better than living in Rotherham; Columnist
He suggests compiling a Daily Dozen list you adhere to each day.
The first step is changing your thoughts
"I posted this in my National Geographic Your Shot account, and it was chosen as one of The Daily Dozen shot.
Readers' Photo Corner
Hand-written on "Jim's 'Daily Dozen' paper", it bears the address Flat 84, 22 Park Crescent, W1.
Savile's letter to Mrs Thatcher
From the smell of yams roasting on street corners, to the open-air barbers going about their business in the parks alongside the practitioners of Tai Chi, the balletic exercises many Chinese perform as the equivalent of the westerner's "daily dozen", you know you are somewhere very different.
Holiday '98: The great whirl of China; Whistle-stop tour of a very different world
places, one finds daily dozens of children roaming and
Senate Body for complete ban on professional begging, child labour
More than 12 verities of ajwa and dates from all over the world have been put at 'dates kiosk' at the Safa Mall and daily dozens of customers visit these stalls to get dates of their choice, said he.
Dates, an instant source of energy, an integral Iftaar item