The phrase "strenuous course" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
Its use is generally associated with academic or physical activities requiring a great deal of effort and energy. For example, "I am feeling the effects of a strenuous course load this semester."
He had prepared himself for the task by a strenuous course of self-education in paleography and calligraphy, in order to understand the written hands that the early types imitated, and in the history of printing design itself.
To occupy such a position, a strenuous course of training is frequently required, involving some knowledge of therapeutics (healing), leechcraft (use of leeches in healing), trephining (operating on the skull), herbs, poisons, and perhaps sleight of hand and similar techniques, together with the development of psychical and occult qualities.
While undergraduate medical training involves an inherently strenuous course, studies from Sweden and Norway indicate that depression and mental health problems among medical undergraduates might be associated with the stress they experience due to the medical course and the university experience [ 5, 9].
Venerable Kelsang Wangmo is finally rewarded for mastering the strenuous study course in highest Buddhist philosophy.
Training for a marathon requires strenuous exercise over the course of many weeks.
Participants were required to abstain from alcohol, grapefruit, caffeine-containing products and strenuous exercise during the course of the study.
Categories of activity were not mutually exclusive, i.e. a participant could indicate that they took part in moderate, vigorous and strenuous activities over the course of a week if that was their typical pattern of activity.
However, further studies on the molecular and structural levels are required to fully clarify the mechanisms behind the changes developing in tendon tissue subjected to massage in the course of strenuous physical effort.
Research suggests that when healthy bodies engage in activities that exert force on the joints, it can actually help build and strengthen bone, and of course, more strenuous exercise raises the heart rate more.
Of course, Maier's strenuous refusal to overmarket the bag is itself a kind of marketing — the type that appeals to a customer who disdains the easy status recognition that comes from a conspicuous logo.
However, a bout with malaria in Florida led him to contemplate a less strenuous journey, so he set course instead for California, where he'd read about the beauty of Yosemite Valley.
