第1621期:Fitness obsession

Do you like to keep fit? We’re always told that regular exercise is good for our body and mind. More and more people are taking up activities that improve their fitness. But is there a risk some of us might get obsessed and overdo it?你喜欢保持身材吗？我们总是被告知定期锻炼对我们的身心都有好处。越来越多的人开始从事可以提高身体素质的活动。但是我们中的一些人可能会痴迷并过度使用它吗？Well, for some people, fitness has become an obsession as they aim for perfection. And fitness trackers and apps can add to this addiction, especially if someone is driven by achievement and perfectionism. And sharing data on social media means exercising becomes public and competitive, which could cause problems in someone who is vulnerable.好吧，对于某些人来说，健身已经成为一种痴迷，因为他们追求完美。健身追踪器和应用程序可能会增加这种成瘾，尤其是当某人被成就和完美主义驱使时。在社交媒体上共享数据意味着锻炼变得公开且具有竞争力，这可能会给弱势群体带来问题。Experts say this can lead to a medical condition called orthorexia nervosa, or addiction to ‘healthy’ eating and over-exercise. Untreated, it can lead to malnutrition and mental health complications. According to a BBC Worklife article: “Research from scientists at University College London in 2017 found that higher Instagram usage was associated with increased likelihood of developing orthorexia, especially among followers of the ‘healthy eating’ influencers.”专家说，这可能导致一种称为神经性厌食症的疾病，或对“健康”饮食和过度运动上瘾。未经治疗，它会导致营养不良和心理健康并发症。根据 BBC Worklife 的一篇文章：“伦敦大学学院的科学家在 2017 年的研究发现，Instagram 的使用率越高，患食欲不振的可能性就越大，尤其是在‘健康饮食’影响者的追随者中。”Too much exercise can also take its toll on someone’s physical health as well. Symptoms of over-exercising include injuries such as stress fractures, tendinitis and a low immune system. So how much exercise is too much? Research by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found the ideal pace to jog was about eight kilometres per hour – and that it was best to jog no more than three times a week or for 2.5 hours in total, showing that moderate jogging is possibly more beneficial than being inactive or undertaking strenuous jogging.过多的运动也会对一个人的身体健康造成影响。过度锻炼的症状包括损伤，如应力性骨折、肌腱炎和免疫系统低下。那么多少运动量才算过量呢？美国心脏病学会杂志的研究发现，慢跑的理想速度约为每小时 8 公里——最好每周慢跑 3 次或总共 2.5 小时，这表明适度慢跑可能是比不运动或剧烈慢跑更有益。If you’re more of a couch potato than a sprinter, this might sound like good news. But for amateur athletes who can’t help but push their bodies to the limit, the advice from Martin Turner, a sports and exercise psychologist, is, “it’s all about letting go, not being obsessed, learning not to control everything, saying, ‘You don’t need to be perfect.’”如果你更像是沙发土豆而不是短跑运动员，这听起来可能是个好消息。但对于忍不住将自己的身体推向极限的业余运动员，运动和锻炼心理学家马丁·特纳的建议是，“这一切都是为了放手，不要执着，学会不去控制一切，说， “你不需要完美。”词汇表keep fit 健身，保持健康exercise 运动，锻炼obsession 痴迷，念念不忘的事情perfection 完美fitness tracker 健身追踪器addiction 上瘾，沉溺achievement 成绩，成就perfectionism 完美主义competitive 有竞争性质的orthorexia nervosa 健康食品强迫症malnutrition 营养不良take its toll 造成伤害stress fracture 疲劳性骨折，应力性骨折tendinitis 肌腱病变，肌腱炎low immune system 免疫力低下jog 慢跑inactive 不活动的strenuous 费力的，剧烈的couch potato 喜欢窝在沙发上看电视的人sprinter 短跑运动员amateur 业余的to the limit 最大限度地，到极限letting go 放下，不再想