Exercice et Entraînement – Exercise and Working Out

Vocabulary :

To exercise/to work out – exercer
To train – s’entraîner
To play sports – jouer aux sports
(voir Lesson 020 pour une liste des sports communs)
To gain weight – grossir
To lose weight – maigrir/perdre du poids
A pound – une livre
(abbr : lb/lbs)
To jog – faire du jogging
To run – courir
To lift weights – faire des haltères
Weight training – la musculation
To go for a walk – faire une promenade
To go to the gym – aller au gymnase

Examples :

He exercises 5 times a week.
I want to lose 15 lbs.
She plays soccer every weekend.
We go to the gym together twice a week.
They work out too much.