VOA常速英语:Novel Ways to Keep New Year Fitness Resolutions

There are gyms around the world, all offering a range of exercise equipment and fitness classes. This high intensity gym, in Karachi, is helping its members work off the stresses of city life. In Los Angeles, those looking for something a bit more exotic are turning to Bollywood.
世界各地都有健身房，健身房可以提供各种健身器材和健身课程。这座位于卡拉奇的高强度健身房正在帮助其会员摆脱因城市生活产生的压力。在洛杉矶，那些寻找异国情调的人正将目光转向宝莱坞。
“North India’s got a dance called Bhangra, which is really all the rage right now. And you’re seeing it everywhere, and it’s probably the most fun dance that you can do.”
印度北方的传统邦拉舞曲现在风靡一时，真的是随处可见。这可能是你能做到的最有趣的舞蹈。
Boxing is not as graceful, but it still gets your pulse racing, especially when it’s done to music. Playing football instead of watching it on TV can make you a winner, not in points gained, but in pounds lost. The Londoners in the man versus fat project set up the club in 2016.They felt there weren’t enough fat loss schemes aimed specifically at men.
拳击不是那么优雅，但它仍会让你心跳加速，尤其是伴随音乐一起动起来。用踢足球代替看球赛会让你成为胜利者，当然不是指得分而是减肥方面的赢家。伦敦的男子减肥项目组于2016年创立了该俱乐部。他们认为专门针对男性的减肥计划不够丰富。
“Most of it men are losing 5 percent, many of the men are losing 10 percent of their starting body weight. And a lot of that comes down to the peer support that they get from other mentor from their coach.”The centuries-old practice of yoga is gaining popularity as a path toward fitness.And the practice has evolved in some surprising ways, there’s yoga and then there’s laughing yoga.
大多数人减轻体重的百分之五,还有很多人比初始体重轻了百分之十。这大多归功于他们在教练那里获得指导所给予的支持。悠久的瑜伽练习传统作为一条通往健康的大道正变得越来越流行。并且这种练习以一些令人惊讶的方式演变，有瑜伽，然后是大笑瑜伽。
“Endorphins in the body helped bite what make us sick, they give us happiness. With every belly laugh you lose 3.5 calories and it’s like Botox for the girls.”
体内的内啡肽能帮我们赶走致病因素，给我们带来快乐。每次捧腹大笑可以减少3.5卡路里的热量，就像女孩打了肉毒杆菌一样。
And wait for it there’s goat yoga.“Goat yoga is a combination of a very serious meditation with the yoga, and then very not so serious meditation with the playful antics of the goat kids, it keeps it real, it keeps you in the moment.”If none of those are for you, you can pick a different resolution next New Years.
等等，别急还有山羊瑜伽。山羊瑜伽是一种非常严肃的冥想与瑜伽的结合，而不是非常严肃的冥想于小山羊顽皮的滑稽动作，它是真实的，使你处于当下。如果这些都不适合你，你可以在新年选择一个不同的方案。
I’m Faith Lapidus VOA News
VOA记者费思播报。