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为什么坚持运动这么难

Sticking with it

HSK 5 · 103 words · 97% within level · 3 new words

Speed

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Everyone knows exercise is good for you, but few people really keep it up.

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The most common reason is being too busy and having no time.

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But think about it: we spend a lot of time on our phones every day.

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So the problem is not time, but habit.

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Schedule exercise for the time you are most likely to manage it, such as the morning.

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Do not set your goal too high at the start, or you will give up quickly.

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Finding a sport you enjoy is more effective than forcing yourself into a gym.

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Even twenty minutes of walking a day beats doing nothing.

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  • 每měiHSK 2every, each
  • 个人gè rénHSK 3individual; personal; oneself
  • 都dōuHSK 1metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined
  • 知道zhī dàoHSK 1to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao]
  • 运动yùn dòngHSK 2to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign
  • 对duìHSK 1correct, right; facing, opposed
  • 身体shēn tǐHSK 1the body; one's health; in person
  • 好hǎoHSK 1good, excellent, fine; well
  • 但是dàn shìHSK 2but; however
  • 真正zhēn zhèngHSK 2genuine; real; true; really; indeed
  • 坚持jiān chíHSK 3to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
  • 下来xià laiHSK 3to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
  • 的deHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix
  • 人rénHSK 1man; people; mankind; someone else
  • 不bùHSK 1no, not; un-; negative prefix
  • 多duōHSK 1much, many; more than, over
  • 最zuìHSK 1most, extremely, exceedingly
  • 常见cháng jiànHSK 2commonly seen; common; to see sth frequently
  • 原因yuán yīnHSK 2cause; origin; root cause; reason
  • 就是jiù shìHSK 3exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if
  • 太tàiHSK 1very, too, much; big; extreme
  • 忙mángHSK 1busy, pressed for time; hustling
  • 了leHSK 1to finish; particle of completed action
  • 没有méi yǒuHSK 1haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
  • 时间shí jiānHSK 1time; period
  • 可是kě shìHSK 2but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
  • 仔细zǐ xìHSK 5careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out
  • 想xiǎngHSK 1think, speculate, plan, consider
  • 我们wǒ menHSK 1we; us; ourselves; our
  • 天tiānHSK 1sky, heaven; god, celestial
  • 都会dū huìnewcity; metropolis
  • 花huāHSK 1flower; blossoms
  • 很hěnHSK 1very, quite, much
  • 看kànHSK 1look, see; examine, scrutinize
  • 手机shǒu jīHSK 1cell phone; mobile phone
  • 所以suǒ yǐHSK 2therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
  • 问题wèn tíHSK 2question; problem; issue; topic
  • 是shìHSK 1indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
  • 而是ér shìHSK 4rather
  • 习惯xí guànHSK 2habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to
  • 把bǎHSK 3hold, take; guard; regard as
  • 安排ān páiHSK 3to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans
  • 在zàiHSK 1be at, in, on; consist in, rest
  • 你nǐHSK 1you, second person pronoun
  • 容易róng yìHSK 3easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
  • 做到zuò dàoHSK 2to accomplish; to achieve
  • 里lǐHSK 1unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
  • 比如bǐ rúHSK 2for example; for instance; such as
  • 早上zǎo shangHSK 1early morning
  • 不要bù yàoHSK 2don't!; must not
  • 一yīHSK 1one; a, an; alone
  • 开始kāi shǐHSK 3to begin; beginning; to start; initial
  • 就jiùHSK 1just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near
  • 定dìngHSK 2decide, settle, fix
  • 高gāoHSK 1high, tall; lofty, elevated; Kangxi radical 189
  • 目标mù biāoHSK 3target; goal; objective
  • 那样nà yàngHSK 2that kind; that sort
  • 快kuàiHSK 1rapid, quick, speedy, fast; soon
  • 会huìHSK 1assemble, meet together; meeting
  • 放弃fàng qìHSK 5to renounce; to abandon; to give up
  • 找到zhǎo dàoHSK 1to find
  • 自己zì jǐHSK 2oneself; one's own
  • 喜欢xǐ huanHSK 1to like; to be fond of
  • 比bǐHSK 1to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
  • 逼bīnewcompel, pressure, force; bother
  • 去qùHSK 1go away, leave, depart
  • 健身jiàn shēnHSK 4to exercise; to keep fit; to work out; physical exercise
  • 房fángHSK 1house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii
  • 更gèngHSK 2more, still further, much more; to change, alter
  • 有效yǒu xiàoHSK 3effective; in effect; valid
  • 哪怕nǎ pàHSK 4even; even if; even though; no matter how
  • 只zhǐHSK 2only, just, simply
  • 走zǒuHSK 1walk, go on foot; run; leave; Kangxi radical 156
  • 二èrHSK 1two; twice
  • 十分shí fēnHSK 2very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
  • 钟zhōngHSK 1clock; bell
  • 也yěHSK 1also; classical final particle of strong affirmation or identity
  • 什么shén meHSK 1what?; something; anything
  • 做zuòHSK 1work, make; act
  • 要好yào hǎonewto be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement

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