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GYMOREXIA: Compulsive exercise

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.

-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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