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2012-11-16
Sport at Home
I have practiced on the exercise bike in winter for many years. The rest of the year I like going out to cycle with my mountain bike and getting lost on the tracks.
Regarding to the exercise bike I think it is a good invention but you must have a strong will.
I try at the moment to do about half an hour exercise almost everyday. When I do it I like to listen to the ipod that my wife won in a raffle in the place where she works. Every so often* I change the songs. I also think that it is another invention very useful. You have the option to create reproduction lists, that is to say, you can choose, among all songs, those that you prefer in a specific time. I always choose from four to six different songs depending on its length. In this manner I expect to suffer a torture less unpleasant.
Returning to the topic of sport, I also have at home two small weights. Each one weights four kilos. I do not know much about the use of these weights. I just have heard something about the series of exercises. Short series to lose weight and long series to gain musculature or volume. I do a wide range of exercises. Exercises for the arms, legs, shoulders, chest, back, etc. I think it is a good thing. As they are of little weight I work out more than do weightlifting and I get to keep my belly at bay.
*(I wanted to experiment with another alternative of "from time to time") Did I use correctly that alternative?
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I have WORKED OUT on the exercise bike in winter for many years. The rest of the year I like going out to cycle with my mountain bike and getting lost on the tracks.
ReplyDeleteRegarding [] the exercise bike I think it is a good invention but you must have a strong will TO KEEP IT UP/TO CONTINUE USING IT.
LATELY I try [] to do about half an hour OF exercise almost everY Day. When I do it I like to listen to the ipod that my wife won in a raffle (in the place where she works)(shorter: at her workplace). Every so often I change the songs. I also think that it is another VERY USEFUL invention. You have the option to create PLAYlists, that is to say, you can choose, among all songs, those that you prefer in a specific time. I always choose from four to six different songs depending on THEIR length. In this manner I expect to suffer a torture less unpleasant. (The adjective after the noun here is non-standard but it gives a nice poetic feel.)
Returning to the topic of sport, I also have at home two small weights. Each one weigHS four kilos. I do not know much about the use of these weights. I just have heard something about the series of exercises. Short series to lose weight and long series to gain musculature or volume. I do a wide range of exercises. Exercises for the arms, legs, shoulders, chest, back, etc. I think it is a good thing. As they are of little weight I work out more than do weightlifting and I get to keep my belly at bay (good expression).
"Practice" implies that you are learning something. We practice piano and we practice goal shots. But we play a sport and we don't do either on an exercise bike -- we just suffer!
"Every so often" was used perfectly. Another option is "Every once in a while", which seems a lot like "de vez en cuando" to me.
Ok, Mat. Now it's more clear for me "play" and "do".
DeleteFrom time to time I'll keep practicing my English, occasionally I'll play footbal with my sons, every so often I'll work out with my weights, every now and then I'll write something on this site and finally every once in a while I'll suffer on my exercise bike.
Matt, puede ser: "Every now and then=de vez en cuando or de tanto en tanto" ???
ReplyDeletegracias.
"De tanto en tanto" is new to me. It's good to know.
ReplyDeletePerfect, Eduardo! As long as you realize that "suffer" was meant to be humorous. You can "work out" on/with the exercise bike, you can "use" the exercise bike, you can exercise on the stationary bike, or you can keep suffering as long as you like.
ReplyDeleteA propósito, supongo que debemos llamarlo un "exercise unicycle", puesto que tiene una sola rueda.
but... to suffer a less unpleasant torture...is right, isn't it? or, would you have used another verb?
ReplyDeleteThat's perfect English.
Deletede vez en cuando = de tanto en tanto = de cuando en cuando
ReplyDeletestationary?
ReplyDeleteIn a first moment I was going to write "static bike" because in Spain we say "bicicleta estática", but, in case, I looked for it in the dictionary and I found "exercise bike".
"static bike" would be correct? or, could be used too?
No, "stationary bike" is the only correct name. We use "stationary" to indicate that something doesn't move.
DeleteOk. Thanks for everything, Matt.
ReplyDeleteAcabo de escuchar otro término que puedes usar: exercycle.
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