澳大利亞"人猿酷跑"掀起健身熱潮
Latest fitness craze in Australia has people running on all fours
If you're bored with old-fashioned running, or if you feel that it's not a complete workout, you might want to try crunning, a new fitness craze that's taking Australia by storm. No, it does not mean crying while running, it's actually a cross between crawling and running that involves getting down on all fours and moving as fast as you can.
如果你對跑步這一老式的健身方法感到厭煩,或者你覺得這不是一個(gè)全面的健身方式,你可能會(huì)想嘗試下"酷跑"（crunning）這個(gè)新花樣,"酷跑"掀起了澳大利亞新的健身熱潮.當(dāng)然,"酷跑"并不像我們聽起來那樣邊哭邊跑.事實(shí)上,它結(jié)合了爬行和跑步的特點(diǎn),要求你俯下身四肢著地,盡你可能地快速移動(dòng).
The bizarre workout, best described as your thighs' worst nightmare, was invented by Australian fitness enthusiast Shaun McCarthy. We're not sure what prompted him to come up with the bizarre activity, but he seems convinced that it will revolutionize fitness as we know it. "The only thing that crunning's changed about fitness… is that it's changed everything about fitness," he says.
這個(gè)怪誕的健身方法簡直是大腿的夢靨,其發(fā)明者是澳大利亞的健身愛好者肖恩·麥卡錫.我們尚不明確是何原因促使他想出這個(gè)奇怪的鍛煉方式,但麥卡錫似乎堅(jiān)信"酷跑"將為健身運(yùn)動(dòng)帶來革命,正如我們知道的那樣."'酷跑'為健身帶來的唯一改變就是它改變了健身的一切,"麥卡錫說道.
The short video of him crunning through Melbourne that he posted on Facebook makes the activity look more like a spoof than a serious workout, but it seems to have inspired others to take up running on all fours as well. McCarthy only went public with crunning five weeks, but it has been getting quite a lot of attention online and he claims there is now a steadily-growing movement in Australia.
"麥卡錫在臉譜上上傳了他以"酷跑"方式穿行整個(gè)墨爾本的視頻,但視頻讓人覺得更像是惡搞而不是健身,不過還是吸引了一些人跟風(fēng),采取他的辦法鍛煉.麥卡錫以"酷跑"走紅才五個(gè)星期,但在網(wǎng)上已經(jīng)得到了一定的關(guān)注,據(jù)麥卡錫表示,目前澳大利亞用"酷跑"健身的人數(shù)正在逐漸增加.
But is crunning a better fitness activity than jogging or running? It would appear so, as McCarthy has been saying in interviews that crunning is a more complete workout because it includes the upper body as well. "It really works your thighs and shoulders at the same time," he said, adding that he believes it burns more calories as well.
