来源：《卫报》
原文刊登日期：2021年6月21日
[A] Use the resources that are available
[B] Don’t be ashamed
[C] Find your personal incentive
[D] Don’t overdo it
[E] Identify something you enjoy
[F] Don’t obsess about the gym
[G] Consider measuring your progress
Many of us have been working at home for more than a year now, without the exercise we used to get during the 9 to 5 – walking to and from the station, say, or up and down the office stairs. And so we’ve made a conscious effort to get our feet moving and our hearts pounding.
我们中的许多人已经在家工作一年多了，没有了以前朝九晚五工作带来的运动——比如步行往来车站，或者上下办公室的楼梯。所以我们有意识地努力让我们的脚动起来，让我们的心脏怦怦跳动起来。
It was surprisingly easy to stay motivated. Endless mournful laps of the neighbourhood park, brisk jogs past shuttered high streets and empty window displays; they gave you a legitimate excuse to get out of the house. But now that pubs and bars have reopened and we can finally see our friends, many of us have found that our fitness and enthusiasm have plunged off a cliff.
保持积极性出人意料地容易。在附近的公园里，人们悲伤地绕着圈，或者轻快地慢跑，经过房门紧闭的商业街和空荡荡的橱窗；这些给了你一个合理的理由让你离开家。但现在酒吧重新开放，我们终于可以见到我们的朋友了，而我们中的许多人发现自己的健身热情一落千丈。
How best to get back into exercise? The experts weigh in.
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Personal trainer Joe Edmonds sees this all the time: people who want to exercise more, but are terrified to venture into the gym because they are worried that regular users will laugh at them. The reality, he says, “is that, generally speaking, other people don’t care. They’re doing their own thing.” Edmonds advises people to push past the discomfort for a few sessions. “I find that if people can just get in for one or two weeks, they soon change their perception of the gym space, and themselves within the gym space. They just need to get in in the first place.”
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If you don’t particularly enjoy working out, it can be difficult to motivate yourself to lace on a pair of trainers and head out for a run. “I would try to encourage that person to find another reason for them to exercise,” says Zahir Akram, personal trainer and founder of Akram Yoga Studio. “For me a huge motivation to continue training and get healthier isn’t aesthetics, but because of my son. I like to remind clients that there are people who rely on them and they need them to be strong. If you can’t exercise for yourself, do it for the people who rely on you to be healthy.”
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Although it’s tempting to embark on a full-strength fitness kick when you feel that you’ve been slacking, it’s actually counterproductive. “When I work with clients who are getting back into things, I tell them not to go from doing nothing to being Jet from Gladiator by the end of the week,” says personal trainer Hannah Lewin. “I know it’s super-tempting when you are in a down phase to amp it up to the max, but it’s not realistic.”
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If you hate running or find yoga boring – don’t do it. “If you start with something you really dislike, it won’t help you get back into anything,” says Lewin. “Finding something you don’t hate is a good place to start, and it will also help build your confidence level. Confidence and motivation go hand in hand, so if you are finding something makes you feel bad, exercise will be even more stressful, and your motivation will decline even further.”
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“Incremental gains can be really motivating,” says Edmonds. Fitness apps such as Strava have free-to-use versions, and are great for monitoring your progress. “A lot of people are numbers-based,” says Edmonds, “and being able to write down and see their progress and logging it can be very beneficial for them. Others will be motivated by training with someone else. You have to understand what motivates you.”
答案：1B 2C 3D 4E 5G