在新冠肺炎疫情封鎖期間，很多人都只能呆在家中顽素，這樣一來(lái)咽弦，運(yùn)動(dòng)量不足郁惜，導(dǎo)致體重上升泵额。不過(guò)，有些人找到了一些能幫助我們?cè)诩依旒∪夂湾憻挼暮棉k法犹菇。本文討論如何在家鍛煉身體全蝶。

exercise at home

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In a time when many people around the globe are in lockdown and unable to attend the gym, emphasis has been placed on home exercising. Fears of a sedentary life and piling on the pounds are forcing many to find novel ways to move the body and stretch their muscles. You don’t need to pump iron or have expensive equipment like rowing and cycling machines to help you stay fit.

Exercising is not just important for your body, but also your mind. A study by Dr. Andrea Dunn at the Cooper Research Institute in Dallas, Texas found patients who did daily 35-minute walks per week experienced a 47% reduction in their depression levels.

Cardiovascular exercise, often simply called cardio, is designed to keep your heart rate up, which in turn will strengthen your heart and improve your general fitness. Many of us are turning to activities like skipping with an old rope, or watching one of the many ‘fitness experts’ who produce exercise videos online.

Walking is another great aerobic activity to help you increase your blood circulation. There are many affordable pedometers which can be worn like a watch and used to track your steps, heart rate, sleeping patterns and even your blood oxygenation levels. You don’t even have to step outside, with many simply power walking or jogging round there gardens or up and down their hallways.

Practising yoga or Tai Chi can help to keep our bodies supple, which in turn can lower joint pain and help to protect us from injury. Finally, strength and resistance training can be done at home by simply lifting bags of rice or boxes instead of heavy weights in the gym.

There are many ways to help us stay mobile, and indeed these online exercise routines can be carried over in our lives long after lockdown is lifted. For those of us who moan about our busy lives stopping us from hitting the gym, ten minutes a day with a rope or a bag of rice may not only help our fitness, but our mental health too.

vocabulary

sedentary life 缺少運(yùn)動(dòng)的生活闹蒜，久坐不動(dòng)的生活
piling on the pounds 體重增加
stretch 伸展，舒展
pump iron 舉重
cardiovascular 心血管的
cardio 有氧運(yùn)動(dòng)抑淫，可提高心跳頻率的運(yùn)動(dòng)
heart rate 心率
general fitness 整體身體素質(zhì)
skipping 跳繩
aerobic 增氧的
blood circulation 血液循環(huán)
pedometer 計(jì)步器
sleeping pattern 睡眠習(xí)慣
blood oxygenation 血氧
power walking 快步走
jogging 慢跑
supple 靈活的
joint pain 關(guān)節(jié)疼痛
resistance training 抗阻訓(xùn)練
hit the gym 去健身房

make sentences

可以用來(lái)描述疫情期間居家封閉的詞句：

• In a time when many people around the globe are in lockdown.
• After lockdown is lifted,...

1. I need to hit the gym more often.

2. Wow, you look great! Have you been pumping iron?

3. I’m on a diet. I really piled on the pounds when I was at home.

4. I need to get moving. I want to avoid being sedentary.

5. Aerobic exercise can help my blood to circulate.

@BBC Learning English