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Keeping Fit

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What you will learn

1. Useful Links

2. Vocabulary

3. Listening skills

4. Idioms

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Some useful Links
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Link to info on aerobic exercise

https://www.healthline.com/health/cardio-vs-weights#aerobic-and-
anaerobic-exercise

25 tips to staying in shape: The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/12/how-to-stay-fit-
for-ever-25-tips-keep-exercising-expert-advice

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IELTS Speaking Vocabulary: Keeping Fit

Get fit be fit keep fit / stay fit

Get into shape be in good shape stay in shape

To work out (v.) = to do exercise

To do a workout (n.)



To take up a sport = to start doing a new sport

Join a/the gym = to become a member of a gym

Do aerobic exercise - e.g. running, swimming, fast walking, football…,

circuit training

Do a cardio workout = do aerobic exercise

Do strength training = to lift weights / to do some weightlifting (this is

anaerobic)

Benefits of aerobic exercise

• Boost your fitness

• Burn calories

• burn (belly) fat

Benefits of strength training

• Tone your muscles

Do some exercise

Do some sport

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I like to do some exercise in the morning

I like to do a bit of exercise in the morning

Gain weight = to put on weight = to get fatter

Lose weight = to shred some pounds / kilos

I need to get rid of my spare tyre

Eat a balanced diet

Cut down on junk food/fast food = to reduce it (eat less of it)

How do you keep fit?

Here are some useful phrases to answer this question

I hit the gym

I practice yoga

I do some brisk walking

I do a mix of aerobic exercise and some strength training

I try to keep fit by jogging every morning

I take a regular walk and I also do pilates, I love to be active.

I’ve got into the habit of going down the gym twice a week to work out.

I do regular exercise and take care with my diet, avoiding too many
packaged and processed foods

I’ve become very health-conscious so I like to do a regular workout and

also take care with the food I eat. I drink plenty of water.

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Listening Task

Listen and decide if the following are

TRUE (T) or FALSE (F)

Answers at bottom of PDF

1. I like to keep fit

2. I played sport at school

3. I swam a lot at school

4. I love going to the gym

5. I enjoy walking because it suits older people

6. I never work from home

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Listening Task - Useful Collocations
I’ve never been fanatical about (=crazy about) doing sports, but I do
like to stay in shape.

Obviously at school I did a few team sports, you know, football and
cricket mainly.

For most of my life, I’ve done some kind of aerobic activity. When I
was younger I went jogging and hiking a lot, and I loved it.

Then when I started working full time, I got into (=start an activity you
like) swimming and I would swim two or three times a week. I found it to
be great way to relax and you know, to get rid of a lot of work-related
stress.

Interestingly, at several points in my life, I have joined a gym to try and

keep fit, but I was never completely at ease (=be comfortable) in a
gym.

I used to do both aerobic exercise on the treadmill, and lift some

weights, as well as the usual push ups, pull ups and sit ups!

The thing is, it’s hard not to compare yourself to others, and it’s all
about physique (=physical appearance).

Well lately, I have got into walking again. Walking around parks at a
brisk pace (=quite quickly). It’s a great activity, not too strenuous
(=physically demanding/difficult) for someone like me who is getting on
(=get older) a bit.

It’s also a fantastic way to combat the sedentary lifestyle that I’ve
adopted since I started working online from home.

Finally, of course, I try to eat a healthy diet, and I have cut down quite
a lot on fast food, and I eat lots more vegetables than I used to.

So this is how I have tried to keep fit.

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Idioms to talk about Keeping Fit

I’m totally out of shape = not fit or healthy

I need to get rid of my spare tyre = to lose fat around my waist

He has been going to the gym everyday lately, and now he is fighting
fit = very fit

She works out a lot and is as fit as a fiddle = very fit

I was a bit off colour yesterday = not feeling well

but I feel right as rain today = feeling very well

You are the picture of health = you look / feel great

I feel under the weather = I don’t feel well

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Listening Task - ANSWERS

1. I like to keep fit TRUE

2. I played sport at school TRUE

3. I swam a lot at school FALSE

4. I love going to the gym FALSE

5. I enjoy walking because it suits older people TRUE

6. I never work from home FALSE

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