Welcome to the next edition of our 2iN1 Mind & Body series! Are you about to start getting ready for your summer vacation? Then, take a break and get yourself in bikini shape by doing these exercises, and while you are at it, get your English vacation-ready too by learning the body parts & verbs to talk about movement in English. Have fun!
Task # 1: Build your muscles! Watch the video & do the moves!
KEY WORDS & EXPRESSIONS:
what we’re gonna do is we’re gonna start…. – ‘gonna’ is the same as ‘going to’ , so using this expression she is introducing the moves that you are going to do
lower abs – ‘abs’ is short for ‘abdominals’, which refers to the muscles in your belly (middle part of your body), so the lower abs are the lower part of your belly
hamstring – the muscles on the back side of the upper leg
thigh – your upper leg above the knee
hip – the top part of your leg, where your leg meets your middle
reps – short for ‘repetitions’, the number of times you do the exercise over and over again
ankle – where your foot and leg connects
ankle weights – a padded heavy object that you wrap around your ankle to make the exercise more difficult to do
1 pound = 0.454 kilogram that is almost half a kilogram
a plank position – in this position your feet and your hands are on the ground and you are facing the floor with your back straight (as a long piece of wooden board)
an attitude position – in this position you bend your leg by bringing your foot closer to your butt, but not all the way
VERBS (to talk about things you do)
lift (your leg) – to get something up off the ground, raise
kick (low and high) – to hit with your foot
rotate (your leg) – to move in a circle or semi-circle
twist (your arm)- to bend or turn something
extend (your leg)- to stretch an arm or a leg away from you
swing (your body, your legs, arms) – to move from side to side
Task # 2: Build your vocabulary – The Top 6 Verbs to talk about movement
lift – kick – extend – swing – twist – do
Do the quiz to practice the verbs you learned from the video!
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1. Question
1 pointsLift your leg and ……………to the side and then to the back.
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kick = to do a hitting motion with your foot
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1 pointsAs you lift the leg, ……………. your knee to the left – this way you will turn your knee to the left.
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twist = to turn or bend something your body, your legs, or your arms
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1 pointsWe are going to start in a plank position, feet and hands on the ground, keep your back straight and parallel to the floor. Lift your butt and then …………back into the plank position by lowering your butt again.
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swing = to move dynamically from side to side or up and down
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1 pointsNow lift your leg in an attitude position. Remember an attitude position is a slightly bent leg, not your foot all the way to the but, but about half way to the butt. Then lift your leg higher and ……………it so your leg is straight. Then bring your leg back to the ground.
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extend = to straighten or stretch your leg or arm
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1 pointsNow …………..your arm off of the ground and come down on your hip.
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lift = to get something off of the ground, raise
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1 pointsYou will …………..30 reps on each side.
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do 30 reps = repeat the exercise 30 times
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