English Gym Vocabulary for Weight Training

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  Hello and welcome to the English Like A Native podcast.

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  My name is Anna and today we are heading into the gym to work on our muscles.

• 00:14

  This week I'm giving lots of off-the-cuff vocabulary related to different areas of the average gym.

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  Yesterday we talked about saunas.

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  Today we're heading into the gym to the weights section to talk about weight training and resistance training.

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  Are you a gym bunny?

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  There's a great phrase to start with.

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  A gym bunny is someone who is enthusiastic about going to the gym.

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  They are often in good shape and they go regularly.

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  So are you a gym bunny?

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  Or are you a casual gym goer?

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  Do you have a membership and constantly feel guilty that you're not using it enough?

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  And when you get to the gym you struggle to know what to do.

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  Surprisingly I'm not very good in the actual gym part of a wider club.

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  When I go to my club and I head into the gym I don't really know where to start.

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  I prefer playing competitive sports.

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  I like to have a goal that's not related to doing reps.

• 01:31

  We talk about doing reps in the gym.

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  That's another item of vocabulary that's quite useful.

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  Reps are repetitions.

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