Lesson 68 Vocabulary
English word English Definition English Example sentence
1 to stretch up to do exercises to make your muscles more relaxed before activity Let's stretch up before the game!
2 flexibility the measure of how much you can move your body or limbs Cats have amazing amounts of flexibility.
3 to do the splits to put your body into a position in which your legs are 180 degrees apart I can't do the splits, so I will never be a successful ballerina.
4 to pull a muscle to injure a muscle by stretching it too far While trying to complete the marathon, I pulled a muscle in my leg.
5 to be vigorous of an activity, to be fast and energetic Doctors recommend at least half an hour of vigorous exercise five times a week.
6 to be aerobic of an activity, to cause you to breathe harder and increase your heart rate Walking is a good aerobic exercise; lifting weights is not.
7 to have endurance to be able to continue exercise for a long time Marathon runners have a lot of endurance.
8 to be fit to be healthy and able to do exercise easily I am pretty fit; I climb ten flights of stairs every day.
9 to be out of shape to be unhealthy, to find exercise very difficult He was so out of shape that walking uphill made him feel dizzy.
10 to get into shape to become healthy After years of being fat, I finally got into shape in my 30's.
11 to stay in shape to stay healthy after becoming so I stay in shape by doing push-ups every morning.
12 to get back into shape to become healthy again after ceasing to be healthy I used to be so thin in high school, but now I'm fat and can't exercise; I want to get back into shape.
13 to put on weight to become heavier due to eating too much I put on weight since high school.
14 to lose weight to become lighter due to exercising and eating less In the summer, I always lose weight because I am happier and more active.
15 a regimen a rigid system of exercise and eating I follow a regimen featuring daily push-ups and vegetables five times a week.
16 to burn calories to turn food into heat by way of exercise If you burn more calories than you eat, you will never get fat.
17 metabolism the rate at which your body naturally turns food into energy His metabolism was really slow, so he got fat even if he ate a little bit.
18 to go on a diet to change your way of eating in order to become healthier or thinner Many people go on diets after the New Year, but few people continue for more than a few months.
19 to cut down on ~ to reduce the amount of something I am trying to cut down on sugar, so I stopped drinking soda.
20 Body-Mass Index a measure of the ratio of muscle and fat in your body Body-Mass Index is a good way to determine your overall health.
21 nutrition everything related to the foods you eat and how your body uses those foods to survive Good nutrition is the cornerstone of good health.