keep fit

keep fit

To remain strong, healthy, and physically sound. There are all sorts of fad diets and get-fit-quick workout routines out there, but the only reliable way to keep fit is to eat more fruits and vegetables, cut down on junk food, and exercise regularly.
See also: fit, keep
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

keep fit

to keep in good physical condition. I do everything I can to keep fit.
See also: fit, keep
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • stay fit
  • wade through
  • wade through (something)
  • grapple
  • grappling
  • look (a little/bit) off
  • look off
  • a little off
  • be a little off
  • be a bit off
References in periodicals archive
Attoe, who is also a nursing mother to a three-month-old baby, said she wanted to partake in the exercise to keep fit.
ICSAN Holds Walk To Improve Members' Health, Mental Fitness
The group Zfit offers Zumba, keep fit and pilates to this previously hard-to-reach group.
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Huddersfield and Halifax annual keep fit rally in Deighton, February 1969 JS*144041717
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12 ( ANI ): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday exhorted youth to perform Surya Namaskar (sun salutation) daily and said it was one of the best ways to keep fit.
Chouhan urges youth to do surya namaskar for healthy living
The packs include tips on Bale's circuit training, the star striker's 'healthy plate' of preferred foods and a fitness report card on what to do to keep fit. The pack is available to schools via Hwb - the Welsh Government's online learning platform.
Keeping kids engaged with Euro 2016; in brief
The unlikely combination of the musical Oliver, a bunch of sprightly over-50s and lots of skipping ropes helped the members of the North-east Keep Fit Association skip off with the category title in the national Keep Fit Association's National Championship at Blackpool's Winter Gardens.
TEN YEARS AGO..
When this facility is closed down where will there be any facilities to swim and keep fit.
Swimming baths keep us healthy
Renee, who was a National Keep Fit Association teacher, set up classes all over Gateshead and taught exercise until she was 75.
Memorial for 'Green Goddess of Gateshead'
TAKING IT LYING DOWN: The League of Health and Beauty at a session at the Top Rank Suite in Dale End, Birmingham, in 1973; and (below) the Spring Body Shop at Cannon Hill in 1986; and dance teachers at a special training course in Birmingham in 1986 HAVING A BALL: Janet Martin shows footballer Ian Pinner how to stay in shape to disco music in 1983; and keep fit at Aston Villa Leisure Centre in 1983 - with Joy Carn's baby watching LEOTARD LADIES: The ladies of Body Images in 1984; and members of the Warwickshire keep fit team at John Wilmott School in 1987
A perfect fit
GREAT letter from Liam Wright about spiralling costs to keep fit. I'm an OAP who used to go to the gym once a week and really looked forward to it.
Keeping fit; Your view
Summary: Arsenal great Thierry Henry has begun a training stint with the club in order to keep fit during the Major League Soccer off-season.
Thierry Henry returns to Arsenal
It seems harder now I've turned 40, but you've got to keep fit. I've taken up yoga and it's really good.
Keep fit with the stars DerekBrockway; BBC Wales weatherman Derek Brockway
SUGAR RUSH: He cycles 60 miles in countryside twice a week to keep fit
Lord Sugar, you're TYRED! PICTURE EXCLUSIVE
It once had more than 20 people turning up for weekly sessions of keep fit, football, and basketball.
Threat to future of 44-yr-old fit club
I would urge people of all ages to visit the sports centre, it is a friendly and welcoming place to keep fit, there can be no better advert than Mr Desai who is an inspiration to us all.
Pensioner power an inspiration; Letters