第1522期:Virtual exercise in the gym

Going to the gym can be something that many people find a gruelling experience. It takes time and effort, it often hurts, and it can be extremely tedious. Most weight-related exercises are a combination of sets and reps. In order to see any significant change from any one exercise, it will probably need to be repeated six to eight times, for a minimum of three sets, for about three months. Then there's cardio. For some, there's nothing more boring than endless miles spent running on a treadmill.去健身房可能是许多人觉得很累的经历。这需要时间和精力，经常会很痛，而且非常乏味。大多数与体重相关的练习都是组数和次数的组合。为了看到任何一项练习的任何显着变化，可能需要重复六到八次，至少三组，持续大约三个月。然后是有氧运动。对一些人来说，没有什么比在跑步机上跑无数英里更无聊的了。But what if there were a way to alleviate the boredom of exercise while still getting a good work out? Luckily for us, there’s virtual reality.但是，如果有一种方法可以减轻运动的无聊感，同时还能进行良好的锻炼呢？对我们来说幸运的是，有虚拟现实。In the past, “playing video games was a sedentary experience,” says Jo Stauffer of the VR Health Institute, “but VR changes all of that". He says that the room-scale experience engages your body in full.过去，“玩电子游戏是一种久坐不动的体验，”VR 健康研究所的 Jo Stauffer 说，“但 VR 改变了这一切”。他说，房间规模的体验会让你的身体完全投入。Many VR games are played while standing. In order to play properly, the player is forced to move around swinging their arms or using their legs. After an hour of this on a regular enough basis, it’s not surprising that many people unexpectedly find themselves a little fitter. There are already a number of virtual reality games which, deliberately or not, result in their player ‘getting a good sweat on’ if played for enough time. For example, there’s a first person shooter which forces the player to sidestep, duck and dodge incoming projectiles. That’s cardio. Or there’s a music game which forces players to shadowbox in order to hit the notes – that’s an upper-body workout.许多VR游戏都是站着玩的。为了正常比赛，玩家被迫挥动手臂或用腿四处移动。经常这样一个小时后，许多人意外地发现自己变得更健康了也就不足为奇了。已经有许多虚拟现实游戏，无论是否有意，如果玩了足够的时间，他们的玩家就会“大汗淋漓”。例如，有一个第一人称射击游戏，它迫使玩家回避、躲避和躲避来袭的射弹。那是有氧运动。或者有一个音乐游戏迫使玩家使用影子盒来敲击音符——这是一种上身锻炼。The potential for VR to help people get fit has been noticed by one company. They want to take the whole experience into the gym. They are making a bespoke resistance machine, designed to be used in combination with a VR headset. Players challenge a virtual opponent in a series of games, which results in a 30-minute full-body work out. However, the cost of the equipment is expensive and there are safety concerns to be worked out, says J P Gownder from the consultancy Forrester. So don’t hang up your gym shorts just yet.一家公司已经注意到 VR 帮助人们健身的潜力。他们想把整个体验带入健身房。他们正在制造一种定制的阻力机器，旨在与 VR 耳机结合使用。玩家在一系列游戏中挑战虚拟对手，进行 30 分钟的全身锻炼。然而，咨询公司 Forrester 的 J P Gownder 表示，设备成本昂贵，并且存在安全问题需要解决。所以暂时不要挂掉你的运动短裤。Although it’s early days, for those of us who struggle to overcome the tedium of exercise, a new solution could be coming. And a world where a person can exercise and have fun at the same time might be something that many people would want – virtual or not.虽然现在还为时尚早，但对于我们这些努力克服乏味运动的人来说，一个新的解决方案可能即将到来。一个人可以同时锻炼和娱乐的世界可能是许多人想要的——无论是否虚拟。词汇表a gruelling experience 一个使人精疲力尽的艰苦经历tedious 单调乏味的weight-related exercises 重量练习set（一）组（练习）rep（一个）重复（动作）cardio 有氧运动treadmill 跑步机work out 锻炼身体sedentary 久坐不动的swing 挥动fit 健康的get a sweat on 做一段高强度的运动sidestep 侧向跨步duck 猛低头（躲避）dodge 闪躲shadowbox 与假想敌人作拳击练习upper-body 上半身resistance machine 对抗器材full-body 全身的don’t hang up your gym shorts “挂起健身时穿的短裤”，放弃

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