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be in lockdown 处于封锁状态

emphasis has been placed on home exercising 人们开始重视在家锻炼身体

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.

在世界各地的许多人处于封锁、无法去健身房的时候，人们开始重视在家锻炼身体。

find novel ways to move the body and stretch their muscles寻找活动身体、拉伸肌肉的新方式

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.由于害怕久坐不动的生活以及增长体重，很多人被迫寻找活动身体、拉伸肌肉的新方式。

pump iron 练举重; 做健身训练

help you stay fit 帮助你保持健康

rowing and cycling machines 划船机和骑行机

You don’t need to pump iron or have expensive equipment like rowing and cycling machines to help you stay fit.你不需要举重，也不需要有昂贵的器材，像划船机和骑行机，去帮助你保持健康。

experience a 47% reduction in depression levels 抑郁程度会减少47%

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.德克萨斯州达拉斯市库珀研究所的安德里亚·邓恩博士的一项研究发现，每周每天步行35分钟的病人，抑郁程度会减少47%。

cardiovascular exercise 心血管锻炼

keep your heart rate up 保持高心率

strengthen your heart 增强心脏

improve your general fitness 提升整体身体素质

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.

心血管锻炼，常常简称为有氧运动，是用来保持高心率的，继而会增强心脏、提升整体身体素质。

aerobic activity 有氧活动

increase blood circulation 提高血液循环

Walking is another great aerobic activity to help you increase your blood circulation.步行是另一个不错的增氧活动，能够帮你提高血液循环。

pedometer /pɪˈdɒmɪtə(r)/ 计步器

track your steps 跟踪记录你的步数

heart rate 心率

sleeping patterns 睡眠习惯

blood oxygenation levels 血氧水平

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.很多买得起的计步器，可以像手表一样戴着，并用来跟踪记录你的步数、心率、睡眠习惯，甚至血氧水平。

power walking(为锻炼而进行的)快走，疾走

You don’t even have to step outside, with many simply power walking or jogging round their gardens or up and down their hallways.

你甚至不需要出门，很多人仅仅绕着花园快步走或慢跑，或者在走廊里来回走。

keep our bodies supple /ˈsʌpl/ 保持我们身体的灵活性

lower joint pain 减少关节疼痛

help to protect us from injury 保护我们免于受伤

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.

练习瑜伽或太极能够帮助保持我们身体的灵活性，这转而能够减少关节疼痛，保护我们免于受伤。

strength and resistance training 力量和抗阻训练

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.最后，力量和抗阻训练可以在家完成，举米袋或者盒子就行，而非在健身房里举重。

these online exercise routines can be carried over 这些网上锻炼例程可以在生活中进行

after lockdown is lifted 取消封锁之后

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.

帮助我们动起来的方式很多，实际上这些网上锻炼例程在取消封锁之后也可以在生活中进行。

moan about sth. 抱怨

stop us from hitting the gym 去不了健身房

not only help our fitness, but our mental health 不仅有益于我们的身体健康，也有益于我们的心理健康

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.对于我们中的那些抱怨生活繁忙、去不了健身房的人来说，一天花十分钟跳绳或者举米袋，也许不仅有益于我们的健康，也有益于我们的心理健康。