Name: 🎧 Learning English with Podcasts | Episode 021 Going To The Gym Elementary Level
Uploaded: 2026-03-25T06:18:16.000Z
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And today, I think we're hitting the gym, Marco.

We've gained weight over the winter, I think.

so. And being in an office, you know, it doesn't give you much opportunity to go and exercise and really get a lot of work planned during the day.

So that's why we're going to the gym on this occasion.

So why don't we take a look at vocabulary preview and see what this means?

Well, to pumping iron means lifting weights.

Because, you know, weights are made of iron.

And, well, we're going to be giving you guys some pointers.

So you might have heard the word point before.

So we're going to be giving you tips or advice.

So you're going to get some help today from the trainer.

So we're going to jump right into this dialogue,

and we come back, we'll be talking more about what's going on.

I can give you a few pointers if you want.

Were you trying to use this machine here?

I just started my training today, and I'm not sure where to begin.

This machine here will work out your upper body, mainly your triceps and biceps.

Are you looking to develop strength or muscle tone and definition?

Well, I don't want to be ripped like you.

I just want a good physique with weights and cardio.

In that case, you want to work with less weight.

You can start off by working 10 to 15 reps in four sets.

Now, it's very important that you stretch before pumping iron.

I think he was very, you know, very muscular,

but I think he embarrassed himself in front of the lady.

So let's check out some of these phrases and words that they were using, because they're, they're all related to going to the gym,

and they can help you if you ever want to get some help when you're at the gym.

She didn't really know what she was doing.

And, well, the guy said, "Well, do you want to develop strength or muscle tone?" All right.

We know what strength is, but what is muscle tone?

So if you want to develop muscle tone or to have muscle tone, it means that you have healthy muscles, not like huge, big muscles, right?

So tone, to tone is to maybe give some shape to something.

It's, you know, sometimes you have big arms and they're not really you can't see the muscles.

Well, muscle tone means that you can start to see the shape and they start to get stronger.

So if you think of Madonna, maybe five years ago, she had a lot of muscle tone.

But muscle tone means that you can see the muscles.

And this actually is very related to our next word, because you said muscle tone and definition.

So definition is another way for us to describe seeing those muscles, because at first you have a big tummy or you have big arms.

And when you start to work out, every time you go, you can see more and more definition.

That means more and more of the muscle becomes visible.

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🎧 Learning English with Podcasts | Episode 021 Going To The Gym Elementary Level

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