VOA慢速英语2014 你有足够强悍可以经受得住体能训练吗？ Are You Hardcore Enough for CrossFit?

 

Are You Hardcore Enough for CrossFit? 你有足够强悍可以经受得住体能训练吗？

From VOA Learning¹ English, this is the Health Report.

美国之音英语教学，这里是健康报道。

In the United States we love to try new ways to exercise. And when an exercise program promises to help us lose weight or get fit, it can become very popular, very quickly. It becomes an exercise trend.

在美国我们喜欢尝试新的锻炼方式。当一项运动项目可以帮助我们减肥塑身的话，它就会非常迅速的流行起来。它会变成一种流行趋势。

One such popular exercise trend is CrossFit. The number of CrossFit centers, or gyms, has doubled every two years. And not just in the United States.

其中一种这样的运动趋势就是体能训练。体能训练中心或者运动场馆的数量每两年翻一番，而且并不只是在美国。

What began in a house in California back in the 1970s is now international. There are more than 8,500 CrossFit gyms worldwide. People who practice CrossFit live in South America, across Europe and Asia too.

当初20世纪70年代家庭作坊式的体能训练现在已经变得国际化了。全世界一共有超过8500家体能训练馆。

But what is CrossFit? CrossFit is a whole body workout. And it is not easy. CrossFit is known as one of the hardest training programs in the exercise world. A good word to describe that is -- hardcore.

但是什么才是体能训练呢?体能训练就是整个身体全面的锻炼。要做到它并不容易。在运动届体能训练是公认最难的训练项目之一。描述这项运动最贴切的一个词就是---“重口味”

So who are these hardcore Crossfitters? They include the U.S. Marines, professional sports teams, fire departments, and police forces. But it is also popular with office workers.

那这些近乎变态的体能训练者们都是谁呢?他们包括美国海军陆战队员、专业运动员、消防员们和警力人员。但是办公室工作人员也比较青睐这项运动。

CrossFit uses weight training and basic movements like running and jumping. The movements are simple but intense².

体能训练举重训练和一些基本运动像跑步和跳跃运动。这些运动简单但很剧烈。

Kate Garufi is a trainer at District CrossFit in Washington, D.C. She says the main goals are to get stronger and to improve cardio – or the rate the heart performs.

Kate Garufi是华盛顿特区一家体能训练馆的助理教练。她表示体能训练的主要目的是变得强壮和提高心肺功能或者心率功能。

“So you can have power lifting movements, you can have Olympic lifting movements, you can have body weight stuff³. We can have what we call single modal, running, rowing, swimming, anything can be thrown into a workout with CrossFit.”

因此你可以做力举运动，你可以做奥运会举重运动，你可以做体重方面的运动。我们可以做的是通过跑步、划船、游泳等一切可以训练全身的体能训练。

Most CrossFit gyms are filled with men. But women also practice this extreme workout. Samantha Rapoza has been doing Cross Fit for about six weeks with the goals of losing weight and gaining strength.

大多数体能训练馆里基本上全是男人。但是女人也会做这项极限运动。Samantha Rapoza怀着减肥和健身的目的参加这项运动已经大约6周了。

“I think there are so many things that I didn’t know I could do, and I am already making progress that I didn’t expect to make as quickly as I made it. So I think I am going to have to revise my goals a little bit.”

“我觉得有很多事我不知道自己可以做到，我这么快取得这么大的进步，这是我不敢预想的。因此我觉得我应该稍微改变一下我的目标了。”

Something else is different about CrossFit – people train together in groups. CrossFit members say they begin to feel like a family.

体能训练与其他项目不同的是人们可以聚在一块训练。运动员们表示他们已经感觉像是一个家了。

There is also pressure as a result. Members say they do not want to fail their group.

正因如此运动员们也感觉到巨大的压力，他们不像扯团队后腿。

But critics say CrossFit has a high rate of injury. Members can experience muscle damage, especially shoulder injuries.

但是评论家们表示体能训练很容易受伤。运动员会经历肌肉拉伤，尤其肩膀容易受到伤害。

CrossFit athletes, however, say that a good trainer can help people work out safely and avoid injuries.

然而，体能训练运动员们却表示一个好的训练者能帮助别人避免运动伤害。

And that’s the Health Report from VOA Learning English.

 

这就是美国之音英语教学的健康报道。

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 intense   

adj.认真的，专注的；强烈的；紧张的；热情的

参考例句：

• Susan was an intense young lady.苏珊是一个热情的年轻姑娘。
• The quarrel caused her intense unhappiness.争吵令她极其不快。

3 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。