Pre-reading questions:
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- What kinds of exercises do you do? Could you tell me more about them?
- How do you keep yourself healthy?
Vocabulary:
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- muscle /MUHS-uhl/
- physically /FIX-ik-lee/
- internal medicine /in-TUR-nl MED-uh-sin/
- strength /strengkth/
- specialist /SPESH-uh-list /
[noun] – one of many tissues in the body that can tighten and relax to produce movement
These exercises build muscles.
[adverb] – in a way that relates to the body or someone’s appearance
Her job is physically demanding.
[noun] – the part of medical science that is involved in the discovery of diseases inside the body and the treatment of them without cutting the body open
He is a physician specializing in internal medicine.
[noun] – the ability to do things that need a lot of physical or mental effort
She didn’t have the strength to walk any further.
[noun] – someone who has a lot of experience, knowledge, or skill in a particular subject
She’s a specialist in modern world literature.
Article reading:
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Weekend warriors can still prevent disease, according to a new study, even if they pack their workouts into a couple of days. As claimed by the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, adults should get 150 minutes of physical activity per week and two days of muscle-strengthening activities. When you try to spread that out over the course of a week, it can become overwhelming. Physically active people have lower mortality rates than inactive people, based on a study published on July 5, 2022, in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, whether they are active only on weekends or more frequently.
The study’s lead author, Leandro Rezende, an adjunct professor of epidemiology in the department of preventive medicine at the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, said that there was no significant difference in all-cause or cause-specific mortality between regular exercisers and weekend warriors as long as they got the same amount of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week. As specified by Dana Santas, a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, they understandably do not want to sacrifice much-needed sleep by waking up early or lose valuable family dinner time by going to the gym immediately after work.
The study’s lead author, Leandro Rezende, an adjunct professor of epidemiology in the department of preventive medicine at the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, said that there was no significant difference in all-cause or cause-specific mortality between regular exercisers and weekend warriors as long as they got the same amount of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week. As specified by Dana Santas, a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, they understandably do not want to sacrifice much-needed sleep by waking up early or lose valuable family dinner time by going to the gym immediately after work.
Comprehension questions
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- Who can still prevent disease even if they pack their workouts into a couple of days?
- As claimed by the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, who should get 150 minutes of physical activity per week?
- What does Leandro Rezende do?
- Who is Dana Santas?
- According to Dana Santas, why do weekend warriors not go to the gym after work?
Discussion questions
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- What do you usually do on the weekends? Could you please tell me more about it?
- When do you exercise? Why?
- Would you sacrifice family dinner just to exercise? Why or why not?
- Do you believe that sleep is more important than exercise?
- What do you think of exercising only on weekends? Please elaborate on your answer.