I had about 10 minutes to exercise before I had to pick up my two older daughters from school yesterday. It was a busier day than usual for me with a couple of meetings besides my regular work.
Years ago, I would have put off my workout and would have left things for the next day. But since it was a busy day as well, I knew that I may not have all that much time either. So, I picked up my kettle-bell (啞鈴) and went to town for 4 minutes.
See, 4 minutes, if that’s all you’ve got, is enough to give your body a great fat-burning exercise. How did I get a killer workout in 4 minutes? I used a training workout discovered 10 years ago by a Japanese Sports Scientist called a TABATA.
It includes 20-second periods of warm-up, followed by 10-second periods of rest and 4-minute straight exercise. How is a 4-minute exercise able to burn fat? It all depends on the quality of work you do. Not on the quantity. Here’s how I did it yesterday.
You should never forget your warm-up. A TABATA workout is 20 seconds of 2-arm Kettle-bell swings, 10 seconds rest, 20 seconds push-ups, and 10 seconds rest. You should do those 4 rounds. That’s it. I was done in a total time of 8 minutes by the time and when I got to school my heart was still pumping pretty hard.
A healthy body is needed for studying and working, and efficiency (效率) is the key to building a great body in the least amount (數量) of time possible and you can’t get more efficient than a 4-minute workout.
【小題1】We can learn from the passage that the author ______.
| A．is busy with his work | B．has a weak body now |
| C．has two children in all | D．is a manager in a film |
| A．put off doing something | B．went to a very small city |
| C．did something with interest | D．hated to do something |
| A．The goal | B．the quality | C．The quantity | D．The method |
科目：高中英語 來源：遼寧省月考題 題型：完形填空
| 完形填空。 | ||||
| I always pay attention to the first impression I leave upon strangers. However, I have 1 that no stranger cares much about what you have done. It was Saturday. I was very excited after a week's hard study. What was more, my former classmate and best friend was coming to visit me. When dusk 2 near, my friend appeared on time. We decided to have supper together and went to a restaurant. To my astonishment, many people were 3 at us as if we were monsters from another planet. I looked myself up and down but found nothing was 4 . When I cast my eyes at my friend, suddenly I realized what had happened: I was with a boy 5 . My friend also noticed it. We looked at each other and smiled. 6 , people kept staring at us throughout our meal 7 the strange atmosphere made me uncomfortable. During the meal, I 8 that my friend finish as fast as possible so that we could get out of such an embarrassing situation. Suddenly my friend noticed another classmate passing by the 9 and he rose to his feet to 10 him. But he was in such a hurry that he knocked down the table, leading to the hot soup pouring all over me. What was more, his voice caught people's 11 again. The 12 on their faces showed that they were laughing at us. How embarrassed I was! My face turned red and I wished I could find a hole to 13 in. as quickly as possible, I rushed out of the restaurant. My friend 14 and he caught up with me when I was so tired that I had to stop. But he was so 15 that it surprised me. "Don't be too 16 what people think about you", he said to me."In fact, to many 17 , you are just a passing figure, like a piece of cloud in the sky, which will disappear in no 18 . Nobody knows who you are. You can just be yourself." Yes, he is right. No one in the restaurant actually knew who I was. I should just be myself and 19 others' prejudices aside. Life is a long road and we need not make so much fuss of (大驚小怪) 20 things, or it is too tiring. | ||||
|
查看答案和解析>>
湖北省互聯網違法和不良信息舉報平臺 | 網上有害信息舉報專區 | 電信詐騙舉報專區 | 涉歷史虛無主義有害信息舉報專區 | 涉企侵權舉報專區
違法和不良信息舉報電話：027-86699610 舉報郵箱：58377363@163.com
