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    Let's Talk Fitness - The Vocabulary of Health and Fitness: Shanthi Streat British English Vocabulary

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    Let’s talk fitness – the

    vocabulary of health and fitness


    by Shanthi Streat | 9 Sep, 2014 | British English, Vocabulary 

    I would like to work on and improve my fitness levels.

    I was never a sporty child or teenager. I was never interested in team sports like volleyball .I have
    always preferred individual sports like running, walking and keep fit.

    As an adult I got into fitness through aerobics in my early 20s. I have been fairly consistent
    with getting and staying fit. However, like a lot of people my weight has fluctuated over the
    years. There were times when I put on weight and went up a few dress sizes and then the
    opposite happened and I lost weight and dropped down a couple of sizes.

     The less food I ate and the more exercise I did, the weight inevitably fell off. It is simple maths,
    isn’t it? If we consume fewer calories than we burn, we will lose weight. There is no need to go
    on a diet or follow all those fad diets that, as far as I am concerned, make me obsess over food
    the moment I’m on one of them.

    I am not a fast runner but speed is not important for me. I am more interested in getting some
    exercise that will help boost my energy levels. I do enjoy my runs. I plug in my music, switch on
    my running app and off I go. I like the way the running app records my running sessions. It allows
    me to observe my progress or in some cases, lack of progress!

    I have to admit that occasionally the sheer thought of going for a run, even for 5km, sounds very
    unattractive. However, as you have probably experienced, you always feel so much better after
    an exercise session.

     I intend to work hard on my fitness so that by the time Christmas comes, I can go mad!

    What do you do to keep fit and stay healthy?

    Ciao for now


    Shanthi

    Key to the colours
    The expressions in blue relate to health and fitness vocabulary and the phrases in pink are
    expressions and collocations you can use anytime. The expressions in orange are idiomatic or
    slang expressions with, in some cases, a link to explain what they mean.

    GO MAD-PHRASE
     Allow oneself to get carried away by enthusiasm or excitement.
    Will we get a body upgrade?

    What will humans look like in 100 years?

    Predicting the future is a fool’s game

    Many of the predictions for the future appearance of humans are based on
    past trends or on the fanciful idea that body parts used more frequently will
    get larger, or those that are used less will shrink. Will technology replace our
    need for strong limbs? Will too much television cause humans to evolve
    square eyes? Will we have the abnormally large brains commonly seen in
    science fiction movies?

    Most of these predictions are not based on the principles of biology and
    evolution. While we do not know what events will happen in the future that
    may affect the way we evolve, it is possible to set some constraints on what
    could happen. Some of the suggested changes are highlighted below.

    However, if we change the way we eat (perhaps food in the future will be
    softer and require less chewing) then we may see some reduction in our jaws
    and more crowded teeth.

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