身体不一定在健身房练 Your body can be trained outside the gym

最近很多人都加入健身房，每个礼拜付十到二十元美金，在室内用一些几千块钱的器材，想说机器越贵对身体越好。
Many people nowadays join a gym, pay $10 to $20 US dollars a week, use machines that cost thousands of dollars, thinking that the more expensive the machine, the better it is for your body.

但你想想，中国古时候武术最盛行的时候，难道有这些机器？跑步机？坐姿推胸机？
But if you think about it, in ancient China when kung fu was at its prime, did these machines exist? Treadmill? Chest press?

当然没有。金庸所有的武侠小说里面功夫最强的脚色，是一个扫地僧。
Of course not. In the famous Jin Yong martial arts novels, the strongest character was a floor sweeping monk.

一個又天然，又能够锻鍊身体的運動，就是做苦工。
A natural and effective method for training your body is to do manual labor.

我的房子的车道最近出现了一道又长又深的沟，是由於长期下雨时流水把土冲走造成的。
My house recently had a ditch in the driveway, created from rainwater washing away the soil.

我跟我爸两个人，自己去挖石头挖土，然後把石头跟土搬过来，最後再把沟补起来。总共花了四五个小时。
My dad and I went to shovel some rocks and soil, transported them here, and used them to fill up the ditch. It took about 4 to 5 hours.

做完之後，两个人都是全身肌肉痠痛。但除了全身都有运动到外，还有成就感。
After we finished, we were both sore. But we exercised our whole body and we felt good.

沟还没填起来之前 Before ditch was filled:

沟填起来之後 After ditch was filled:

我有一個同事，從不去健身房，他的運動就是在家裡裝修自己的房子。他看起來比我還健壯。
I have a friend who never goes to the gym. His exercise is to renovate his own house. He looks fitter than me.

希望这篇文章能让你对健身有新的启发。
Hope this article has inspired you to do exercise a new way.

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我寫的有關練身體的文章 My articles about fitness:

肩膀瑜珈氣功 Shoulder Yoga Exercise
甩手功 Arm swinging exercise
太極拳 Tai Chi Chuan
攀岩 Rock climbing
籃球 Basketball
武俠小說(最新一期) Martial Arts Novel

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