省时省钱成今年健身新趋势
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Money, or the lack of it, changes everything, and that includes how people will be working out in 2010.

钱或者没钱能够改变一切,这其中包括2010年人们锻炼身体的方式。

Money, or the lack of it, changes everything, and that includes how people will be working out in 2010.
Money, or the lack of it, changes everything, and that includes how people will be working out in 2010.

In these belt-tightening times, cost-conscious workouts试验,锻炼 at home and at the gym topped the list of fitness trends for this year in a survey, followed by shorter, more time-efficient regimens养生法,生活规则, such as boot camp and circuit training循环训练.

"People are looking for ways to accomplish as much as possible with as little time and money as necessary," said Cedric X. Bryant, chief science officer of the American Council on Exercise (ACE), which conducted the online poll of fitness professionals.

"Last year 'budget-conscious' was on the list but this year the majority of the respondents调查对象 put it as one of the top," he added.

Bryant said some 600 ACE-certified fitness professionals responded to the annual poll, which the non-profit organization has been conducting for a decade.

Other money-saving measures, such as the shift from personal training sessions to small group training classes and in-home workouts using smaller, more portable equipment, also made the list.

"Personal trainers are seeing they've got to respond to market needs. Working with two to four clients at a time they can charge less but still get their hourly fee," Bryant said.

Boot-camp workouts and circuit training, both of which burn calories while building strength and endurance持久,忍耐力, will be among the most popular trends in 2010, as time-constrained被强迫的,拘泥的 consumers seek shorter, more intense regimens.

One bright spot is the rise of exergaming-type systems, like Nintendo's Wii Sports, Wii Fit and the PC-based Dancetown. Bryant says the fitness-based video games are turning up in health clubs and senior centers.

Functional1 training workouts, which are geared to improving the quality of life and the ability to perform everyday tasks, will remain strong, and the use of computerized tracking and online training and scheduling tools will increase in the coming year.



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1 functional 5hMxa     
adj.为实用而设计的,具备功能的,起作用的
参考例句:
  • The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了,但现在可以用了。
  • The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的,只是为了实用。
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