Health and fitness

Warm-up
Look at the picture and work in pair, discuss the following questions:
Why are many people overweight nowadays? And should overweigh be or not?
Many people only need not to east, they can lose weight fast. Is it right? Why?
If you are an over weight person, how will you give yourself the Pyramid diet?









DEVELOP YOUR READING SKILLS
` Part 1 : Match the paragraph to the headings.
List of headings
Fix Your Posture
Fix Your Game
Fix Your Storytelling
Restore Your Endurance
Stop Procrastinating
Fix a Leaky Faucet
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Use the 20-20 rule. "Trying to sit up perfectly straight all day is impractical and will only tire you out," says Alan Hedge, Ph.D., a professor of ergonomics at Cornell University. Every 20 minutes, stand for 20 seconds and stretch or shake things out. "Just 20 seconds away from your computer screen reduces fatigue and increases blood circulation," says Hedge. Now you`ll have the power to sit up straight
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. Do not make a to-do list. Do not research power tools. Do not clean your desk. Just dive in. That`s according to Pitchy, who has studied procrastination. Your to-do list is just another delaying tactic with a short-term rush. "We relieve our anxiety by making this false schedule," Pychyl says. Procrastinators aren`t necessarily bad at time management, he says, "they`re just not willing to deal with the discomfort of getting started."
But starting will ultimately make you feel better about working. "Our emotional well-being and our satisfaction with life," he says, "is based a great deal upon the successful pursuit of our goals."
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The secret to improving endurance is to go faster, not lengthen a plodding run. Bill Hartman, P.T., C.S.C.S., suggests breaking your run into intervals at your goal speed. If your 5-K goal is 24 minutes, you must run a mile in 7:40, a half-mile in 3:50, and a quarter in 1:55. Pick the distance you can hit in that time and run those intervals, resting for as long as you ran. Once you can run, say, four quarters in 1:55, move up to a longer interval. Work your way up to your goal distance.
4. ……………………………………………
Relax and set your approach on Deeply Subtle. Make talking to you her decision, which will make her feel better about herself—and you. Never butt in while she`s with her friends. Wait until she`s alone, then issue a drive-by compliment (keep it above the neck or below the ankles). "We`re used to men approaching us," says Lisa Alitalia, the author of The Pocket Idiot`s Guide to Getting Girls, "but if a man says something and then walks away like he doesn`t want anything, it piques our curiosity." Now she`ll feel in control. Is she glancing your way? That means you`ve been cleared for approach
5…………………………………………… Get to the point. Get to the point. Get to the point. Details—about the weather, color of the bike, height of the rosebush—make people`s attention spans collapse. A brief story lets them play along and fill in their own details. Start your tale when the conversation provides a segue, and not after someone just scored a big laugh. (If you tank, you`re the guy who killed the mood.) Tell the story quickly, make yourself the fool, and exaggerate. "Take it to the edge of believability. Stuff happens every day to people. You need to make it stand out," says Jack Gallagher, comedian and writer/performer of the one-man show What He Left.
6.…………………………………………… Many single-lever faucets leak when crud collects and causes a gap in the seal so it can`t shut off, says Danny Lip ford, host of Today`s Homeowner. First, shut off the water supply under the sink. Then use an Allen wrench to loosen the screw at the base of the faucet handle and lift it off. Remove the washers and movable parts, soak them in white vinegar, and wipe them down. Reassemble and turn the water back on
( http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/easy_stress_relievers/ )

Part 2: Fill the words in the box into the blanks of paragraph:
Benefits, Exceptions, Blood, Decline, Sluggish, Muscles, Mobility, Rambling, Stable, Sport
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Almost half of adults in the UK will be aged over 50 by 2020. We tend to assume the …………. (1) and pleasures of sport, exercise and fitness are only for younger people, but think again. The rewards of improved fitness later in life can be great – both for your health and social life.