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New Year’s Resolutions: Health and Fitness Vocabulary Posted by on Jan 15, 2015 in Language

Guten Tag, ihr Lieben! This is a follow-up to my post, How To Talk About New Year’s Resolutions In German, and focuses on something I am very passionate about – health and fitness. What has health and fitness got to do with New Year’s Resolutions, and learning German? These statistics from presseportal.de will explain!

According to this article, these were the top 3 New Year’s Resolutions made by Germans for 2015 (based on a study conducted by 1,000 Germans in December 2014 on deals.com):

  1. Mehr Sport 44% —- More exercise 44%
  2. Gesünder ernähren 39% —- Eat healthier 39%
  3. Abnehmen 32% —- Lose weight 32%

You can read the full list (in German) by clicking here.

It is not all that surprising that the top 3 resolutions concern health and wellbeing. Many people use the New Year as motivation to improve their health. So without further ado, let’s learn some German health and fitness-related vocabulary.

Resolution number 1: Mehr Sport treiben – to do more sport/exercise

Sport UNE gym

44% Deutsche wollen in 2015 mehr Sport treiben. Photo by unephotos on flickr.com under CC BY 2.0

The resolution:
I want to do more exercise in 2015 – In 2015 will ich mehr Sport treiben

Doing it:
I go to the gym once/two/three times per week – Ich gehe ins Fitnessstudio ein-/zwei-/dreimal pro Woche
I go running once/two/three times per week – Ich laufe ein-/zwei-/dreimal pro Woche
I train once/two/three times per week – Ich trainiere ein-/zwei-/dreimal pro Woche
I go to one/two/three fitness classes per week – Ich mache eine/zwei/drei Fitnessklasse(n) pro Woche

What are you working on today? – Was trainierst du heute? (lit: What are you training today?)

Arms – Die Arme
Legs – Die Beine
Stomach – Der Bauch/Die Bachmuskeln (stomach/stomach muscles)
Biceps – Der Bizeps
Triceps – Der Trizeps
Quads – Der Quadrizeps
Glutes – Die Gesäßmuskeln (lit: the sit muscles)
Cardio – Das Ausdauertraining
Weights – Die Gewichte

No pain, no gain!
Everything hurts! – Alles tut weh!
I can’t anymore! – Ich kann nicht mehr!
Injury – Die Verletzung
I injured myself – Ich habe mich verletzt
Muscle ache – Der Muskelkater (lit: muscle hangover)

Mission accomplished!
I can’t function without exercise! – Ohne Sport funktioniere ich nicht!

Resolution number 2: Gesünder ernähren – to eat healthier

Fruit and Veg

39% Deutsche wollen sich in 2015 gesünder ernähren. Photo by garryknight on flickr.com under CC BY 2.0

The resolution:
I want to eat healthier in 2015 – Ich will mich in 2015 gesünder ernähren

Doing it:
My new diet – Mein neuer Diät

less… – weniger…
sugar – Der Zucker
fast food – Das Fastfood
chocolate – Die Schokolade
ready meals – Die Fertiggerichte
fizzy drinks – Die Kohlensäure Getränke
unhealthy snacks – Die ungesunde Imbisse/Snacks

more… – mehr…
fruit & vegetables – Das Obst & das Gemüse
homemade meals – Die hausgemachte Gerichte
water – Das Wasser
green tea – Der grüner Tee
healthy snack – Die gesunde Imbisse/Snacks

No pain, no gain
I miss biscuits/chocolate/sweets! – Ich vermisse Kekse/Schokolade/Süßigkeiten!
This is rabbit food – Das ist Kaninchenfutter
It is a challenge to eat healthily all the time – Es ist eine Herausforderung, immer gesund zu essen
Today I ate too much fast food – Heute habe ich zu viel Fastfood gegessen
I regret it – Ich bereue es

Mission accomplished!
A healthy life is a happy life! – Ein gesundes Leben ist ein frohes Leben!

Resolution number 3: Abnehmen – to lose weight

The resolution:
I want to lose weight in 2015 – In 2015 will ich abnehmen

Doing it:
I am exercising more – Ich treibe mehr Sport
I am observing a healthier diet – Ich ernähre mich gesünder
My weight –Mein Gewicht
Pound (weight) – Das Pfund
Kilo – Der Kilogramm
Weighing Scale – Die Waage
Thin – dünn
Slim – schlank
Fat (adjective) – dick/fett
Fat (found in food) – Das Fett
Calories – Die Kalorien
Sugar – Der Zucker

No pain, no gain
I have put on weight – Ich habe zugenommen
I’m not seeing any results – Ich sehe kein Ergebnis
It’s too hard – Es ist zu schwierig

Mission accomplished!
I lost weight! – Ich nahm ab!
I lost xx kilos! – Ich habe xx Kilos verloren!
I reached my goal! – Ich habe mein Ziel erreicht!

 

Alles Gute (all the best) with your health & fitness journey!

Grüße,

Constanze

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About the Author: Constanze

Servus! I'm Constanze and I live in the UK. I'm half English and half German, and have been writing about German language and culture on this blog since 2014. I am also a fitness instructor & personal trainer.


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