'body shaping' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to exercises and treatments that are meant to enhance the shape of certain parts of the body. Example sentence: Kelly went to the gym to do some body shaping exercises that would help tone her arms and legs.
It may look, today, as though body dissatisfaction has reached epidemic proportions but body shaping, dieting and the accompanying humiliation has a long and miserable history.
"People are fascinated by body shaping, by what goes on under the garment," said Karen Augusta, a couture historian and auction house owner.
Compression and stretch fit apparel have long been used for the medical treatment of hypertrophic scars and venous diseases, as well as for body shaping and intimate apparel.
I'm screaming: 'Get close.'" It will be no surprise if Allardyce manhandles certain England defenders on the training pitch as he strives to remind them of the basics of body shaping and positioning in specific situations.
Oddly enough, the distinctive Bournonville épaulement or upper body shaping was more in evidence in Balanchine's "Donizetti Variations," performed on Tuesday, especially in the performances by Jenifer Ringer and Philip Neal, the leads, and the demisoloist Carrie Lee Riggins.
In Neely Hall, where Ms. Palin lived, friends remembered her as a bubbly, organized student who made time to work out at a "body shaping" class and attend (and help them wake up for) church.
The body shapes the mind.
Hence, highly transcribed genes in mammals show a strong enrichment of H3K4me3 around the TSS and H3K36me3 into the gene-body, shaping their intragenic DNA methylation distribution.
In a business where a pert behind and firm inner thighs are career requisites, more models are moving away from body-shaping routines built on a diet of Moët & Chandon and Marlboro Reds and doing something their predecessors assiduously avoided: hitting the gym.
"It's taken on my body shape".
