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Espero que fenomenal. Yo soy Pablo and this is Coffee Break Spanish. Today I have the pleasure of joining you for another short episode in between seasons of our main podcast. Now, if this is your first time joining us, you can head right back to the Coffee Break Spanish Season 1 and start from the very beginning. To get us started, I want to say that A mi me encanta el deporte. I love sport. Me gusta el fútbol, el tenis and also going to the gym. Ir al gimnasio. So today I would like to talk to you about Gym Vocabulary. Vocabulario relacionado con el gimnasio. Basically, I was at the gym the other day and I actually realized how different this vocabulary can be in English in comparison to Spanish. So I think this is a great opportunity to have a look at some gym-related vocabulary. ¿Te apuntas? What got me thinking or inspired was that a whiteboard where my gym instructor writes all the exercises that we are going to do before the actual workout starts. I was reading the names of the exercises in English and I noticed that there was one whose meaning in Spanish I couldn't remember. Entonces, vamos a ver algunos ejemplos de este vocabulario tan interesante. Bueno, lo primero de todo antes de hacer ejercicio es importante calentar. That means to warm up. You may recognize this verb because it looks similar to the adjective caliente hot. We also have the noun, el calentamiento, the warm up. One exercise that was written on my gym's whiteboard was pull-ups. It was actually this exercise that I always struggle to remember what it means. So pull-ups in Spanish are called dominadas. Maybe they are called like that because you need to dominate the bar in order to make your body go up. No lo sé. I also always confuse pull-ups with push-ups or press-ups. So press-ups or push-ups are called flexiones. Flexiones. And the word in Spanish actually shows you what you need to do because you need to flex your arms up and down. On the whiteboard, there was also written this exercise. Sit-ups. Y en español se les llama abdominales. Abdominales. Because that's actually the muscle that you are exercising when you do this exercise. There were also squats. Que son sentadillas. And sentadillas look similar to sentar o sentarse, to sit down because that's more or less what you're doing. We finished that workout with a one-minute plank. And for plank, I really like the word we use because we use the word planta for plank. Planta. But una planta is also an iron that you use to iron your clothes. What else did we do? We also did lunges which are called zangadas. So una zangada is actually a long step. That workout actually was only body weight. So we didn't use any pesas. Exactly, that's weights. Now that we've seen the names of some gym exercises in Spanish, we can maybe move on and try to make sentences. And there is one verb that is going to be your best friend if you want to describe your gym routines. And that is the verb hacer to do. So here's a sentence for you to translate combining the verb hacer and one of the exercises we've just seen. Hoy hemos hecho abdominales. Hoy hemos hecho abdominales. Hoy hemos hecho abdominales. Today we have done sit-ups. Some gym goers prefer maybe to focus on a particular muscle group depending on the day of the week. And for that you can use the following structure. Hoy toca plus the muscle group. For example, if I say hoy toca pierna. And notice how we're using the verb tocar which of course means to touch. But here it means more like today is leg day. Hoy toca pierna or today is the term for the leg. Por ejemplo, hoy toca espalda. Today is back day or today it's time to exercise the back. Other funny expression in this gym vocabulary world is the Spanish equivalent for having a six pack. Because for that we actually say tener tableta. So we really say to have a bar in the sense of a chocolate bar because when you have a six pack you have the little squares like a chocolate bar. I've always found this expression very amusing in Spanish. I have to say it. Okay, let's do a little recap. We now know how to say to warm up in Spanish. Calentar and we also know the noun for a warm up. Calentamiento. We've also seen some names for gym exercises. For example, pull ups. Daris dominadas. Push ups or press ups. Flexiones. Sit ups. Abdominales. Squats. Sentadillas. Plank. Plancha, which is also the iron machine. Langes. Zancadas. And weights. Pesas. We now know that to say that we've done any of these exercises we will use the verb hacer. Por ejemplo, hoy hago sentadillas. Today I'm doing squats. And if you want to say today it's leg day, we would say hoy toca pierna. And finally, I've also told you how to say to have a six pack in Spanish. Tener tableta. Bueno, pues eso es todo de momento. I hope that you have enjoyed this gym introduction in Spanish and most importantly that I haven't exhausted you with all this vocabulary. And if you're not a fan of the gym, I hope at least I have motivated you to work that all important muscle, the brain, and to practice some Spanish today. Pues nada, que vaya muy bien el día. Yo soy Pablo y Happy Coffee Breaking. A great story like Monsters Inc. stays with you forever. And Disney Class is where you'll find your next great story from the return of the award-winning hit series, Rivals. Welcome to the naughtiest show on television. To the unmissable crime drama, High Potential. Gotta dead body, gotta go. A lifetime of great stories awaited. This spring on Disney Plus, 18 Plus subscription required. T's and C's apply. We've got the electric van for you. Be part of an electric future. Visit your local Vauxhall Van retailer or search Vauxhall Van Range today.
