Compulsive exercise or gymorexia (a kind of new anorexia) is a new mental disorder where people get obsessed with working out so, the question is: how much exercise is too much?
LISTENING ACTIVITY.
Watch this video and do the fill in the gaps exercise below.
LISTENING ACTIVITY.
Watch this video and do the fill in the gaps exercise below.
-Some men feel the need to look __________________ and for more and more men their ___________ is turning into an obsession.
- Asked about whether he is addicted, David Moore admits he is a _______________ and worries about calories whenever he misses a day in the gym.
-According to the reporter, gymorexia is due to ___________________ and the _________________ on young men.
-According to sport psychologist, what happens physiologically when you exercise is that the endorphins _________________ and if you miss a day your body feels it’s missing something.
-As the reporter says, the key is finding a balance. Some people like Mark , in fact, have no problems ___________________. He says that if he misses one day or two it’s not the _____________________
Vocabulary question: Can you remember all the expressions used in the report to refer to gymorexia?
Answers:
1- Lean and muscular
2- Workout
3- Slave to the scale
4- The spread of the fitness club culture /increasing pressure
5- Kick in
6- Stepping off the treadmill
7- End of the world
Vocabulary question:
Gymorexia, exercise dependency, gym junkie, being obsessed, pushing their workout to the extreme, slave to the scale, exercise compulsion.
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- Asked about whether he is addicted, David Moore admits he is a _______________ and worries about calories whenever he misses a day in the gym.
-According to the reporter, gymorexia is due to ___________________ and the _________________ on young men.
-According to sport psychologist, what happens physiologically when you exercise is that the endorphins _________________ and if you miss a day your body feels it’s missing something.
-As the reporter says, the key is finding a balance. Some people like Mark , in fact, have no problems ___________________. He says that if he misses one day or two it’s not the _____________________
Vocabulary question: Can you remember all the expressions used in the report to refer to gymorexia?
Answers:
1- Lean and muscular
2- Workout
3- Slave to the scale
4- The spread of the fitness club culture /increasing pressure
5- Kick in
6- Stepping off the treadmill
7- End of the world
Vocabulary question:
Gymorexia, exercise dependency, gym junkie, being obsessed, pushing their workout to the extreme, slave to the scale, exercise compulsion.
Funky phrasals: health
Health vocabulary and lingo challenge
Feeling healthy quiz
Health quiz
How to... health
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For March, 4th 2010 post on healthcare, click here.
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