Do adults exercise enough

6 Minute English

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2017-10-05

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  • Hello, I'm Neil and welcome to Six Minute English, where we vigorously discuss a new topic and six related items of vocabulary.

  • And hello, I'm Rob.

  • Today, we're discussing vigorous exercise, and whether adults take enough of it, vigorous means using a lot of energy to do something.

  • So, how many steps do you do in a day, Rob?

  • How many steps?

  • How should I know, Neil?

  • It will be pretty hard to count them all.

  • Oh, come on, you can track steps on your phone.

  • I do 10,000 a day,

  • which is the magic number for keeping fit and healthy, apparently.

  • Hmm, not if you saunter Neil, surely.

  • sauntering from the sofa to the fridge and back, or from the house to the car.

  • Well, I never saunter, Rob.

  • saunter means to walk slowly, and you'd have to make a lot of trips to the fridge to clock up 10,000 steps.

  • To get some vigorous exercise, you need to get out and about, round the park at a brisk pace.

  • Brisk means quick and energetic, the opposite of sauntering.

  • Okay, well, perhaps you can tell me, Neil, how many people aged between 40 and 60 do less than 10 minutes brisk walking every month?

  • Is it a 4%, b 14% or c 40%.