Talking about Fitness in English - Free Basic English Lesson Video Lecture - Verbal

hey I'm the Huracan and welcome back to
a new lesson today we are going to talk
about being fit talking about fitness
okay now of course because of the
festive season all the sweets and all
the oily food and delicacies that I have
been pigging on I realized that I have
gained a lot of weight so it's time for
me to get back in shape so we are going
to here look at some expressions that
you can use while talking about fitness
okay so the first one that we have to
get fit or to get in shape that's the
one I just used it basically means that
you want to become more healthy and lose
some weight okay you need to lose the
flab okay so that's what you can use to
get fit or to get in shape okay so you
can say oh I want to become I won't get
back in shape which means that you want
to lose weight okay then we have workout
now workout basically means it's the
period of exercise okay it's an exercise
routine so for whatever time that you
exercise be it in a gym or you do yoga
so that period is called as your workout
session okay or just your workout right
then we have warm up and cool down warm
up means now you may have often heard
people saying oh it's time for a warm-up
session
so what warm-up means is that it's a
form of light exercise okay you're
basically preparing your body for an
intense workout for an intense session
of exercising okay so these are light
exercises that you do in order to
prepare your body for a good workout
okay so that's what is a warm-up session
or warm-up warm-up exercises also then
we have cool down cool down is basically
when you have to reduce the intensity of
your exercise okay you may have often
seen if you walk out on a treadmill you
would see a button which says cooled
okay so basically reducing the intensity
off to know where your heart rate while
you are exercising okay it also ends
like it follows by stretching okay so
you stretch your muscles so that it
prevents you from causing any kind of
injury or any stiffness okay so that's
what is cooled down so the next one that
we have over here is burning calories
now burning calories doesn't literally
mean that you set your calories on fire
okay it just means that you gotta lose
calories okay so for example a piece of
cake is about 200 calories so in order
to eat that you need to burn calories
also isn't it to stay healthy you need
to burn those calories okay so
definitely that requires a good workout
session right so you can use this
expression called burning calories in
order to lose calories which means
losing calories then we have diding now
you might have heard many girls
especially talking about their diet
plans offer them a piece of cake and
they'll be like oh no I'm on diet so
what exactly dieting means to go on diet
means to eat healthy food or to eat less
okay so usually if you are on a diet you
eat more of healthy stuff you do not I
mean you don't binge on oily food or on
sweets and chocolates you just eat
healthy stuff and and you eat a little
less okay so that's being on diet then
we have brisk walking now brisk walking
is the best form of exercise it
basically means that you walk a little
fast okay in order to increase your
heart rate okay so usually people do a
lot of brisk walking in the mornings and
also in the evenings but morning brisk
walks are just perfect right so it
basically means that you walk a little
fast in order to increase your heart
rate okay then we have jogging jogging
means running now not running fast but
what it exactly means
that you jog you run in a very slowly
and steady manner okay so that's also
kind of exercise that people love to do
people love to go on jobs especially in
the mornings so these are basically some
expressions that you can use while
talking about fitness and now we will
look at some types of exercises that
people like to do all right so now let
us look at the different types of
exercises that people like to do these
days so there are different classes also
that people join so the first one that
we have over here is yoga now Yoga is a
very Indian traditional ancient form of
exercise it's basically it includes
stretching movements breathing exercises
and meditation okay it helps you it
helps to cure chronic diseases and also
it helps to give you peace of mind okay
so it's basically union of a union
between your body your soul and your
mind okay now we have different types of
yoga also like we have the traditional
yoga and we have power yoga so people
are really getting into yoga all over
the world these days then we have Pilate
and in some countries it's also
pronounced as pilots okay it's basically
it's a form of exercise which which is
done on a very special equipment okay
it's a very indoor thing and it is
honestly pretty expensive also
so it's it helps you to strengthening
your body strengthening and toning your
body okay so it strengthens your muscles
it makes you look really fit okay so
people also like to join Pilate then we
have kickboxing kickboxing is a form of
martial arts it combines of boxing and
kicking with bare feet okay so it's
pretty interesting it has these elements
of karate and as
ashle these young boys really love to go
for kickboxing classes it's really
interesting then we have air bags air
bags is like my favorite
it's basically exercising on it's very
rhythmic exercises where you are
stretching and strengthening your
muscles and trying to be fit and you're
dancing on the use of these all these
movements are basically dance movements
and you perform it on some kind of music
or kids are very fast-paced music it's
total fun and especially for girls then
we have spinning spinning is basically
again an indoor exercise it's an indoor
it's a special equipment of cycling okay
and that also helps you to strengthen
your muscles and makes you look really
fit okay so we do have classes around
the world which are known as these
spinning classes and the next one that
we have will here is a gym gym is
basically a slang for the word gymnasium
okay and what is the gym nation it's
basically where all of these activities
are performed and also there are several
gym equipments that see you to do
exercise and also strengthen your
muscles okay so we're going to look at a
couple of basic equipments that I have
it here on the board the first one we
have is a treadmill a treadmill is
basically a stationary machine that you
can walk or run on okay so it helps you
to burn your calories okay then we have
a cross trainer a cross trainer is
basically where you are pedaling and
along with that you are also moving your
hands okay so it strengthens your upper
body and your lower body also okay then
we have a bite a bike is nothing but
basically a stationary cycle and it's
just like the regular bikes of the
regular cycles bicycles that we have
okay but it's stationary so basically
you're constantly pedaling okay so it
strengthens your leg muscles
okay then we have rowing rowing is juice
up it's a very interesting equipment it
helps you it's basically a belt when you
gotta pull it
okay towards your body and then leave it
apart okay so it basically strengthens
your hand muscles it's a very good
exercise for your upper body all right
then we have barbells and we also have
dumbbells these are basically weights
okay now barbells are you might have
seen them in movies that these wrestlers
and these really good I mean people with
good muscular body they do they do use
barbells which is basically a big rod
and then you put these plates
okay the weight plates and then you
exercise with it okay so it strengthens
your muscles okay it gives a very good
toned muscular body and we have
dumbbells dumbbells are nothing but it's
basically a weights that you hold okay
it's again used to strengthen your
muscles right so these are a couple of
equipments and then we also have a gym
trainer or a fitness trainer okay who
basically focuses on you we have
personal trainers who focuses on you
with the kind of exercises that you need
to do okay especially if depending on
what kind of body you have okay they're
pretty helpful so so that's what is the
activities that are performed in a gym
so basically what I would like to tell
you is just tape it okay and exercise at
least for an hour every day and trust me
you would look great okay
so safer so stay healthy and I'll see
you soon in your next lesson till then
you take care and have a great day
you