The fatigue was so great that it presently began to make some head against the nervous excitement; while imagining myself wide awake, I would really doze into momentary unconsciousness, and come suddenly out of it with a
physical jerk which nearly wrenched my joints apart--the delusion of the instant being that I was tumbling backward over a precipice.
It was the start of the home exercise video trend but none of the models, actresses and TV presenters who followed could quite live up to Jane in a belted, striped leotard doing alarming
physical jerks to heavy synthesiser music.
Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg has been the subject of much mirth this week after revealing a gruelling daily routine that mixes the spiritual discipline of a trappist monk with the
physical jerks of an Olympic athlete.
When enquiring how Hanks kept himself fit, the movie great suggested he had no real interest in
physical jerks.
There's no need to embark on extreme
physical jerks just because you've consumed your own weight in brandy butter, Doritos and Bailey's over the past fortnight.
The programme's promised "thrilling choreography" never materialises; and although there are some
physical jerks from the cadets of the ensemble, I could have done with more sword fighting.
You don't want to be too vain but if you can make your partner sizzle with passion by just looking at you, all those push-ups,
physical jerks and workouts will have been worth it.
The year I was a contestant, everyone was just really gagging for it" Alesha Dixon, a judge on Strictly Come Dancing "As pale and wispy as the breath of an elderly monk doing
physical jerks in the cloisters before Christmas lunch" Boris Johnson describing the exhaust on his 16-year-old car "Celebrities are, by and large, nutcases" Broadcaster Chris Evans
* LOCAL street dance groups, break dance groups and professional break dance crew
Physical Jerks perform at Barry Island on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4pm.
(TmcHUD151208-KE08304) TRAINING: Captain Len Quested, Willie Davie, Don McEvoy and Bill McGarry are doing
physical jerks while Jimmy Watson operates the punch ball and Ron Staniforth trains on the rowing machine.
This is another deco delight, so immaculately retro you almost expect to see Charles Atlas per forming
physical jerks for the gaping crowds.