运动休闲－您可知快乐浪漫溜冰运动？益处多多

What benefits can you get from skating ?

At first, we might consider running for exercise. However, we must consider how we apply the force to our joints¹ and bones. Skating applies a lower force over a longer stroke and can efficiently² burn more fat energy calories per stroke than a larger force for a shorter stroke.

The deciding choice is always a lower force applied³ over a longer stroke because it is more effective and lower in body strain.

Most of us are short on time to spend at any sport, so we need to consider the greatest calorie energy output for the shortest time spent. The skating calorie energy applied is two to three times the rate of walking type energy consumption. You can expect the same benefit of calorie type consumption as walking in approximately one third of the time as walking.

Another benefit to skating is the air that one breathes. In the rink, the air may be thirty to forty degrees and thus more dense⁴ than the room type air that you breathe. Dense air can burn more calories at an ever increasing rate as the air temperature is lowered. This accounts for the euphoric feeling after a pleasant one half to three quarters of an hour of skating.

A third skating benefit is the vascular⁵ action of gentle flushing and widening of the arteries⁶ in the legs and the tiny vessels⁷ in the toes. The heartbeat energy wave moves down to your toes and a portion of the energy wave returns. What is left to come back can add to your next heartbeat. This can save your next heartbeat work in proportion to the size of the return wave energy. It is clear that the greater the energy, the less work your heart has to do in a twenty-four hour day. Believe me, it can give you back some youth that you once had!

One of the nicest advantages to skating is an improvement of balance. Your brain can process balance clues quite well, but if the output muscles are weak, the response energy is quite late.

Skating develops the calf⁸, thigh⁹, ankle and foot muscles that control balance. The more you skate, the better your balance becomes because these muscles become strengthened.

But what about the fun? Increasing your stability, fitness and confidence are all good things, but the greatest thing about skating is the fun. Skating in the rink feels like floating and provides a real sense of freedom and relaxation¹⁰ that takes you away from the demands and stress of daily life. Give it a try and you’ll see...Come out and skate! 

　　溜冰的好处多多：最有效地消耗热量、吸入更多氧气带来轻快惬意、增大静脉曲张加强心血管功能、提高肢体平衡能力……而最最重要的是，溜冰带给您真正的自由和放松，让您忘掉日常生活的压力和烦劳！还等什么，快来溜冰吧！

1 joints   

接头( joint的名词复数 )； 关节； 公共场所（尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所） （非正式）； 一块烤肉 （英式英语）

参考例句：

• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。

2 efficiently   

adv.高效率地，有能力地

参考例句：

• The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
• Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。

3 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

4 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。

5 vascular   

adj.血管的，脉管的

参考例句：

• The mechanism of this anomalous vascular response is unknown.此种不规则的血管反应的机制尚不清楚。
• The vascular changes interfere with diffusion of nutrients from plasma into adjacent perivascular tissue and cells.这些血管变化干扰了营养物质从血浆中向血管周围邻接的组织和细胞扩散。

6 arteries   

n.动脉( artery的名词复数 )；干线，要道

参考例句：

• Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried. 甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠状动脉的方法都已经试过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic met. 这就是伦敦西部三条主要交通干线的交汇处。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 calf   

n.小牛，犊，幼仔，小牛皮

参考例句：

• The cow slinked its calf.那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊。
• The calf blared for its mother.牛犊哞哞地高声叫喊找妈妈。

9 thigh   

n.大腿；股骨

参考例句：

• He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了，疼得很。
• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。

10 relaxation   

n.松弛，放松；休息；消遣；娱乐

参考例句：

• The minister has consistently opposed any relaxation in the law.部长一向反对法律上的任何放宽。
• She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。