{"id":521,"date":"2010-05-06T04:49:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T04:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=521"},"modified":"2017-10-19T10:42:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T08:42:46","slug":"work-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/work-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Work it!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are going to <em>aborder <\/em>(discuss) a topic of which I have only <em>une vague compr\u00e9hension<\/em>:\u00a0<strong><em>l\u2019exercice!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>En fait, j\u2019aime bien faire de l\u2019exercice <\/em>(In fact, I like doing exercise). In Paris, my host sister introduced me to the local <em>piscine municipale <\/em>(city pool), which was conveniently on the way to the world\u2019s finest <em>boutique des macarons (bonjour, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pierreherme.com\/index.cgi?&amp;cwsid=1785phAC194316ph7071038\">Pierre Herm\u00e9<\/a>).<\/em> Since it was so near the cookie shop, <em>je me suis abonn\u00e9e \u00e0 la piscine<\/em>. <em>Mon<\/em> <em>abonnement <\/em>(my subscription) was the source of enough humor to make fun of the French for a year, but maybe that can be next week\u2019s post.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond <em>la piscine<\/em>, my host sister had <em>un coach<\/em> with whom she did <em>des entra\u00eenements au gym <\/em>every week. \u00a0(Just as English speakers use a lot of French words to talk about cooking, <em>j\u2019ai l\u2019impression<\/em> that French people\u2019s discussions of exercise are dominated by English words. Apparently we\u2019re obese exercise maniacs.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Un coach<\/em>, or personal trainer, is <em>probablement pas<\/em> what you will be looking for when you\u2019re trying to burn off some <em>croissants<\/em>. Let\u2019s learn some <em>vocabulaire de l\u2019exercice!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>On peut jouer au sport<\/em>:<\/strong> one can play sports.<\/p>\n<p><em>Le baseball<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Le basketball<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Le football (le foot)<\/em>: soccer<\/p>\n<p><em>La natation<\/em>: swimming<\/p>\n<p><em>L\u2019aviron:<\/em> rowing (crew)<\/p>\n<p><em>La p\u00e9tanque:<\/em> lawn bowling (this doesn\u2019t count as exercise but it is awesome)<\/p>\n<p><em>Le hockey<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>L\u2019escrime:<\/em> fencing<\/p>\n<p><em>Le golf<\/em> (also not exercise; sorry, <em>golfeurs<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Le rugby<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Le tennis<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>L&#8217;aquagym: <\/em>water aerobics <em>(mon sport pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Et plein d\u2019autres<\/em> (and lots of others).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>On peut s\u2019entra\u00eener tout seule<\/em>:<\/strong> one can train alone (independently).<\/p>\n<p><em>La varappe<\/em>: rock-climbing<\/p>\n<p><em>Courir:<\/em> to run (<em>le cross:<\/em> cross-country running)<\/p>\n<p><em>Le cyclisme: <\/em>cycling<\/p>\n<p><em>La randonn\u00e9e: <\/em>hiking<\/p>\n<p><em>Les arts martiaux: <\/em>martial arts<\/p>\n<p><em>Le patinage sur glace: <\/em>ice skating<\/p>\n<p><em>La halt\u00e9rophilie: <\/em>weightlifting (<em>la musculation<\/em>: bodybuilding. No, I did not learn these words through personal experience.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Le yoga<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Places to exercise:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Le gymnase\/ le club de gym<\/em>: the gym<\/p>\n<p><em>Le terrain de sport<\/em>: the sports field<\/p>\n<p><em>La piscine<\/em>: the swimming pool<\/p>\n<p><em>La piste<\/em>: the track<\/p>\n<p><em>Le terrain de p\u00e9tanque<\/em>: the p\u00e9tanque court (seriously, play this game)<\/p>\n<p>To motivate you, here\u2019s a <em>p\u00e9tanque <\/em>lesson (sadly in English)!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to play petanque\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5s9BpxOsOY4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And an awesome video:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jsXemm2QkfI\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jsXemm2QkfI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/05\/leotards-350x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"new workout plan\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/05\/leotards-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/05\/leotards.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Today we are going to aborder (discuss) a topic of which I have only une vague compr\u00e9hension:\u00a0l\u2019exercice! En fait, j\u2019aime bien faire de l\u2019exercice (In fact, I like doing exercise). 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