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welcome to this month's fluency corner
corner lesson in this lesson you'll
you'll join me on a workout and learn
learn how to talk about your body
body parts like native speakers here
here we go hey don't just watch this
this lesson put
put on your workout clothes and get
get on the floor with me to work your
your muscles means to exercise or
or stretch them this
this basic stretch is called a toe
toe touch you can say you're doing
doing toe touches when you work out
out or do anything where you have
have to count be
be sure to count in English by
by the way workout is a noun work
work out is a phrasal verb as
as you stretch you'll feel some pain
pain in the muscle group you're working
working this is called feeling the
the bird right now I'm feeling the
the bird in my lower back as I twist
twist and stretch when you work a
a muscle group or stretch without
without moving your holding a position
position
position be
be sure to stretch well and count
count out loud in English when in
in the gym native
native speakers will refer to their
their body parts in three different
different ways the first way uses
uses the name of the body part that
that even children would know as an
an example I'm
I'm working my legs say
say you're working your arms chest
chest or back and any native speaker
speaker will understand you the
the second way to describe body parts
parts is by their muscle groups some
some of these are pretty common and
and you may have heard them before
before
before others
others are only known by gym rats
rats or people who spend a lot of
of time training at the gym biceps
biceps are the muscle group on the
the top of your upper arm muscle group
group names are more specific I'm
I'm working my biceps muscle group
group names are also used by doctors
doctors know the names of muscle groups
groups and you'll get help faster
faster at a hospital finally abbreviate
abbreviate the muscle group name to
to sound cool and native I was working
working on my bi's and tri's yesterday
yesterday
yesterday after
after we finish stretching will go
go through the various muscle groups
groups with exercises welcome
welcome to the incline bench we'll
we'll begin our workout by targeting
targeting our core your core or your
your stomach and lower back need to
to be strong if you want to be healthy
healthy
healthy your
your stomach muscles are your abs
abs
abs this
this is short for abdominals when
when you're out of shape you
you can start seeing that build up
up around your stomach common names
names for this stomach fat on your
your sides and back our love handles
handles
handles because
because they give your partner something
something to hang onto and muffin
muffin top because
because the fat comes out from your
your pants like the top of a muffin
muffin
muffin if
if you've got a lot of fat on your
your stomach you have a gut or a beer
beer belly everyone
everyone has muscles but they're often
often under your fat I
I need to burn my love handles i'm
i'm using extra weight here to really
really work my apps try different
different exercises in your workouts
workouts the name six-pack or well-defined
well-defined apps comes from looking
looking like a six pack of drinks
drinks
drinks if
if you don't have a bench you can
can always do ab workouts on the floor
floor common floor exercises for your
your abs are crunches and sit-ups
sit-ups filled the bird let's
let's move on to our lower back will
will also keep working our abs for
for this exercise I'm keeping my arms
arms straight and using my back to
to pull the weight I'm
I'm just demonstrating exercises here
here but I repeat exercises many times
times in a real workout a
a rep or repetition is one stretch
stretch of a muscle group reps are
are grouped into bigger sets as an
an example four sets of 10 reps of
of sit-ups would give you 40 individual
individual sit ups to burn fat do
do many reps with lightweight to build
build muscle too few reps with heavy
heavy weight let's
let's continue with our arms and shoulders
shoulders
shoulders this
this is a basic bicep curl I'm
I'm working my byes I'm no Arnold
Arnold Schwarzenegger yet your
your triceps or tries are the opposite
opposite muscle group on your upper
upper arm
upper arm these
these are called hammer curls experiment
experiment with different angles to
to target different muscles now
now i'm working my delts or deltoids
deltoids
deltoids these
these are the muscles on the tops
tops of my arms you
you can also see my muffin top I
I only show my beautiful stomach to
to subscribers maybe
maybe I need a wax exercise machines
machines are nice if
if you have them but free weights
weights use more muscle groups and
and help you improve your overall
overall balance these are called military
military presses this exercise targets
targets the delts and tries and if
if you stand up you'll
you'll also work your legs these are
are tricep dips if
if you don't have a machine you can
can use a chair works just fine this
this can be a tough exercise but it's
it's great for improving your arms
arms and balance now
now let's work our delts and traps
traps or the trapezius muscles in
in your neck these
these are called shoulder shrugs really
really take your time and move slowly
slowly to feel the bird as you do
do this exercise you can move your
your shoulders in two directions move
move your shoulders up and down or
or you can rotate them forward and
and backward this
this is a lat pull your leg kissmas
kissmas dorsi muscles are on your
your back and sides most muscle names
names come from Latin and Greek the
the word muscle comes from the Latin
Latin word musculus meaning little
little mouse study prefixes and suffixes
suffixes for the parts of words to
to be able to learn many new words
words quickly now
now we'll work our quads or quadriceps
quadriceps these
these are the big muscles on the tops
tops of your legs this
this exercise is called a squat it
it basically works every muscle group
group in your body tone your glutes
glutes or the gluteus maximus muscles
muscles of your butt with this exercise
exercise
exercise this
this is a quad extension we're
we're still shaping and toning our
our quads this piece of equipment
equipment i'm using is called a home
home gym
home gym you
you can also call it a universal machine
machine because you can do so many
many exercises with it the
the muscles on the back of your lower
lower legs are your calves your
your chest muscles are known as your
your pecs or your pectorals you
you don't need a home gym to get nice
nice packs you
you just need to do some push-ups
push-ups
push-ups keep
keep your back straight and don't
don't lock or straighten your elbows
elbows when you come up now let's
let's head to the bench if
if you're doing bench presses by yourself
yourself
yourself use
use light weights or a machine for
for safety the
the action is essentially the same
same as a push-up just
just go slow and control the weight
weight you can also push the weights
weights up at different angles so
so that you can work different muscles
muscles
muscles here's
here's a different way of working
working your pecs this
this exercise is one of my favorites
favorites because it reminds me of
of when I lived in Alaska on the deck
deck of the ship where I worked I
I had to hold a huge door closed with
with my hands I
I had to use my pecs to keep the door
door closed and let the fish slide
slide out slowly there
there were hundreds of pounds of fish
fish behind the machine door and my
my muscles got huge in Alaska I
I learned that I built bigger muscles
muscles when I'm having fun with heavy
heavy equipment machines in Jim's
Jim's usually bored me but
but the challenge of holding back
back the fish was fun english
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