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S1 E14 Doing Exercise - Transcript PDF

In Episode 14 of the High Level Listening podcast, hosts Mark and Kat discuss the integration of exercise into daily life, sharing their personal fitness routines from British and American perspectives. They emphasize the importance of regular workouts, flexibility, and mobility, while also breaking down vocabulary and expressions related to fitness. The episode includes insights on various types of exercises, such as cardio and strength training, and the benefits of group classes.

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In Episode 14 of the High Level Listening podcast, hosts Mark and Kat discuss the integration of exercise into daily life, sharing their personal fitness routines from British and American perspectives. They emphasize the importance of regular workouts, flexibility, and mobility, while also breaking down vocabulary and expressions related to fitness. The episode includes insights on various types of exercises, such as cardio and strength training, and the benefits of group classes.

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High Level Listening

Season 1: Episode 14 Transcript


Doing Exercise & Working Out
● YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K6VWCvpNDg

Mark Teacher: [00:00:00] Hello, high level listeners. Welcome back to episode 14 of our Advanced
English Podcast at High Level Listening. In this episode, we're diving into the topic of doing exercise,
specifically how we integrate fitness into our daily lives and the importance of keeping up with your
daily or weekly exercise.

Mark Teacher: My name's Mark. I'm an English teacher from the UK, and I'm the British voice here on
High Level Listening.

Kat Teacher: And I'm Kat, joining from the USA, and we're here to share our thoughts on exercise side
by side from an American and British perspective. So, together, we are High Level Listening. We're here
to take your English to the next level.

Mark Teacher: For our more dedicated learners, we do offer a PDF transcript of all our podcast
episodes. That's available for high level listening members. You can find that button down below.
Those are great [00:01:00] for studying our episodes, seeing our examples off YouTube and enhancing
your learning experience.

Kat Teacher: We want to say a big thank you to everyone who's already joined, and we basically have
every podcast episode available.

Kat Teacher: You're probably getting, at this point, almost 30 or 40 transcripts just by joining us every
single month. So thank you so much to all of our members. As always in our Advanced English
Podcast, we'll each read a script about today's topic. My script will incorporate more American
expressions and phrases, while Mark's will have a more British twist.

Kat Teacher: After reading, we'll break down the most valuable vocabulary and phrases. I think this
one had over 35 different phrases, so here we go. You can discuss your own exercise habits in the
comments below and chat with us.

Mark Teacher: I'll ask Kat first about her exercise routines. My question is, what does [00:02:00] your
exercise routine look like?

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Kat Teacher: I've always been big on staying active, so I typically hit the gym to work out about three
times a week. My workout usually involves a mix of cardio and strength training, and I'm also a huge
fan of group classes whenever I have time to join in. Flexibility and mobility are pretty important to
me, so I want to make sure I warm up and stretch correctly so I don't hurt myself.

Kat Teacher: In the mornings or in the evenings, I like to just take a short walk around, maybe at the
park or around my neighborhood. It's not just about staying healthy, it's also a great way to clear my
mind and de stress. All right, so that was my script, now Mark is going to give us a very similar script.
So the idea and the meaning is pretty much the same.

Kat Teacher: He's going to introduce lots more expressions and something that is more his style and
more of a British accent. So, Mark, what does [00:03:00] your exercise routine look like?

Mark Teacher: I'd say I'm quite committed to being active, so I'm regularly in the gym at least three
times a week. My regimen typically includes a combination of cardio and weightlifting, and I'm
particularly fond of group classes if I can slot them into my schedule.

Mark Teacher: I also try to keep a good level of flexibility and mobility as well, so I always spend some
time pre and post workout warming up and doing some stretches. If I can't get to the gym for whatever
reason, I'll go for a brief walk along the streets near my home. I think exercise isn't just about keeping
fit, it's also a way of blowing off steam and relieving stress.

Kat Teacher: Alright, so we've had a look at the scripts, now let's break them down into the important
phrases and expressions. Mark and I are both teachers, so we're here to give you kind of our look at
some grammar, some expressions, and [00:04:00] we'll give you a little bit of a an easy definition for
each of these things.

Kat Teacher: Let's start with you, Mark. How often do you exercise?

Mark Teacher: I'd say I'm quite committed to being active, so I am regularly in the gym at least three
times a week. So the simple answer is three times a week. Maybe Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or
Monday, Wednesday, and then a weekend day. Three times a week. In the beginning of my script, I
used a good phrase.

Mark Teacher: I'm quite committed to. Uh, it comes from the verb commit. To commit means to, um,
be serious about something. I really want to. try and exercise a lot. If I'm committed to exercising, I
really want to exercise for the long term. I don't want to do it for one week. I don't want to do it for one
month. I want to keep [00:05:00] doing it over and over and over and make it a part of my life.

Mark Teacher: So, you could say, I'm committed to exercising. It's January right now, so my, maybe
people are saying, I'm committed to losing weight this year, or another resolution, I'm committed to
improving my English this year.

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Kat Teacher: I was going to mention that I think we have a lot of committed students, that they are
ready to take their English to the next level, and they are feeling quite committed themselves.

Mark Teacher: Yes, so that's not studying just once, that's studying a couple of times a week and doing
it for maybe months, maybe years, like really making it a part of your life. Another grammar point
which will come up again and again because we're talking about exercise is the gym. In classes, a lot of
students miss the important word the.

Mark Teacher: I am in the gym. I'm saying [00:06:00] the gym because it's My main one. Maybe it's the
only gym that I go to, or it's the same one that I go to three times a week. So, I go to the gym. I'm in the
gym. I signed up for the gym. Jim, don't forget that little article there.

Kat Teacher: That's, yeah, because even if, you know, Oh, my gym is better than your gym, but we
don't always talk to other people about them.

Kat Teacher: So we could just say, are you going to the gym? Are you going to the gym? I, your gym,
but yes. Are you going to the gym? Yeah. I'm going to the gym later.

Mark Teacher: Yes. Even if it's the first time you mentioned it in a conversation, you still use. The. I go
to the. I need to

Kat Teacher: sign up for the gym.

Mark Teacher: Yeah, I haven't been to the gym in weeks.

Mark Teacher: I need to go back. So, how about you, Kat? How often do you exercise?

Kat Teacher: I've always been big on staying active, so I [00:07:00] typically hit the gym to work out
about three times a week. Again, how often do you exercise? The short answer, like Mark said, at least
three times a week, I said about three times a week. So, let's look at our phrases here.

Kat Teacher: I've always been big on staying active. If you are big on something To be big on
something is to have a strong interest in something. Oh, I've always been big on health. I've always
been big on learning languages. When we kind of use this phrase, I've always done this. I've always
been like that. I think of it as part of my personality.

Kat Teacher: That's my personality. It's something I've done for a long time. So we're going to take the
phrase to be big on something, having that strong interest, and connecting it to this long term feeling,
this personality. I've always been big [00:08:00] on staying Staying active is making sure to exercise,
getting out and taking a walk, joining some sports, staying active.

Kat Teacher: Um, maybe if your commute involves lots of walking and going upstairs, always staying
active. Now, just like Mark said, um, When I go someplace, I hit the gym, I hit the gym. So I typically hit
the gym and when you hit something in English, yes, you hear it, it, we hit something, but if you're

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going to hit the place, like hit the grocery store, hit the cinema, hit the mall, hit the shops, that means
we're going to visit them.

Kat Teacher: We're going there. I think of those places that I do in my daily routine. Yeah, I've got to hit
the gym. Then I guess we're going to hit the mall afterwards maybe. So something that's kind of part of
your [00:09:00] routine or maybe something that you do normally. We're going to hit the place that we
want to go to.

Kat Teacher: Then, the next one, to work out. To work out. Now, this isn't just an extra word we use.
When we work, we're doing our job, right? When we work out, we exercise. Okay? So, what's the
difference between work out? An exercise? Well, usually when we work out, we kind of have a structure
in mind. You know, I go three days a week.

Kat Teacher: I have a plan to work out. I work out at the gym. I'm working out after work today. I'm
doing a workout. We'll talk a little bit more about that. And then finally, about three times a week.
Sometimes it's two, sometimes it's four. It's about three times a week. Once a week, twice a week,
three times a week, four times a week, five [00:10:00] times, and it continues on.

Kat Teacher: Phew, that was a lot of vocabulary. So, it's on to Mark now. What do you do when you
work out, Mark?

Mark Teacher: My regimen typically includes a combination of cardio and weightlifting. And I'm
particularly fond of group classes if I can slot them into my schedule. So the first word I want to
highlight is my regimen.

Mark Teacher: My regimen, this is a word that's often used when we're talking about exercise. My
regimen is my routine. I also mean my exercise routine. So maybe Monday is cardio, Wednesday is
weightlifting, Friday is both. That's my regimen. It's my training plan, or my exercise routine. You might
hear someone saying, I follow a strict training regimen.

Mark Teacher: Or actors, when they want to slim down or bulk [00:11:00] up for a role. They follow a
strict training and diet regimen from a personal trainer. Uh, so maybe you try to build muscle or lose
weight. You'll find a regimen online and follow that regimen while you exercise and reach your goals.
Um, the two exercises that I mentioned were cardio, that's usually running on a treadmill or using a
cycling machine or just running outside.

Mark Teacher: Outdoors. Cardio is generally about losing weight and burning fat and calories.
Weightlifting is picking up those heavy metal dumbbells and bars, pumping iron to build muscle.
Weightlifting, it's like jogging, swimming, running. Weightlifting. So I enjoy weightlifting. I started
weightlifting last year. I discovered weightlifting [00:12:00] recently.

Mark Teacher: You can use it like

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Kat Teacher: that. And we can split it up as well. Like, I enjoy lifting weights. I enjoy weightlifting.

Mark Teacher: Mm, absolutely. Yeah, you'd be like Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is maybe the icon of
weightlifting. The last phrase I'll highlight is, I can, I will do group classes, and I'm fond of group
classes, if I can slot them into my schedule.

Mark Teacher: So, maybe I'm quite busy, I have a full time job, maybe I have children. If I get a little bit
of free time, and I want to do some exercise, I will try to slot the class into that free time. I'll try to fit
the exercise class into my schedule, squeeze it in, or find time for it, I will slot it in. I might say, I can
slot a jog into my schedule.

Mark Teacher: You'll definitely hear this phrase outside the gym as well. [00:13:00] If you're trying to
make an appointment. With a doctor, a dentist, or anywhere, the receptionist might say, I can try to
slot you in at 5pm, does that work for you? Or, I can slot you in between 7 and 6, something like that.
So, if you want to fill some free time, Then, you can use slot.

Mark Teacher: Slot into your schedule. Okay, and how about you Kat? What do you do when you work
out?

Kat Teacher: So, my workout usually involves a mix of cardio and strength training, and I'm also a
huge fan of group classes whenever I have time to join in. So, what do I do when I work out? I usually
have a mix of cardio and strength training.

Kat Teacher: My workout. My workout. I work out and I have a workout. That's the time spent working
out is my workout. [00:14:00] My workout is my set of exercises that I'm going to do. And I like this
phrase a lot. It usually involves. It usually involves. Yes, of course, we can say my workout is cardio and
strength training. But it's funny when we use the word involves, involves, that means that it's, it's part
of it.

Kat Teacher: It's part of my routine. Yeah. You know, my breakfast usually involves eggs, bacon, toast,
something like that. These pieces make up. It usually involves these things. Maybe a little of that,
maybe a little of this too. Okay, now my workout's ready. I have the idea in mind. Um, a mix of, a mix of.
This is easy to do.

Kat Teacher: Again, if we have pieces that were, you know, are involved, then we can, you know,
choose this one, choose that one, sometimes a little of this, [00:15:00] sometimes a bit more of that. A
mix of things. Both things, or a range of activities, sometimes in this order, sometimes a bit of a mix.
Mark mentioned the word cardio.

Kat Teacher: Cardio is short for cardiovascular, but that seems like a really long word, so we often say
the word cardio, like running, jogging, getting your heart rate. Cardiovascular has to do with your
heart, so we're getting our heart rate up. And just like Mark, I want to practice some strength training.

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Now, I don't necessarily want to look like Arnold, but I do want to, you know, lift weights, build
muscles, you know, make sure that everything feels good and I feel strong.

Kat Teacher: Now, some of those group classes that I want to, um, join whenever I have time to join in,
those group classes are so much fun. There's dance classes, spin class, which is where you are on a
stationary bike. Spinning. They're spin class. And this is [00:16:00] when you get together with a group
of people, with an instructor leading your class.

Kat Teacher: I just think there's, there's so much fun. They're a break from normal. You get that
motivation from friends or people that you might know in the class. And I think that's just more fun for
your workout sometimes. Okay. So, Mark, do you have any Or do you do any special exercises?

Mark Teacher: I also try to keep a good level of flexibility and mobility as well.

Mark Teacher: So I always spend some time pre and post workout. warming up and doing some
stretches. So, my special exercises would be focused on flexibility, can't really be flexibility, and
mobility. So, flexible means that I can move my body, I can move my body in many different directions,
and I don't hurt myself or injure myself.

Mark Teacher: Flexibility [00:17:00] and mobility I think are very similar words. Uh, you might Find a
regimen focused on mobility, and that's your ability to, yeah, move your body, bend down and pick
something up off the floor, reach up above your head and grab something, without any pain or
discomfort. So, I understand that by weightlifting, my muscles can get quite Tight or tense, and if I
can't lift my arm, I don't have good mobility or flexibility.

Mark Teacher: So, warming up and stretching will help keep me flexible so I can move my body any
way I want. Some other things, pre Pre means before. So, I like to stretch pre workout. Uh, I eat a
banana pre workout. Whoops, because a banana gives me energy. And post is [00:18:00] after. So, I do
some post workout stretching. Or, after a group class, we have a post workout chat.

Mark Teacher: Or, after exercise, after weightlifting, some people do some post workout cardio. How
about yourself? Do you do any special exercises?

Kat Teacher: So flexibility and mobility are pretty important to me. So, I want to make sure I warm up
and stretch correctly so I don't hurt myself. Now, because we've all been sitting at desks, um, a lot of us
sit at desks all day long, flexibility and mobility are becoming more and more popular and more and
more important.

Kat Teacher: So, flexibility, just like Marc said, it's that ability to stretch and move your muscles. Okay?
So if you can just kind of warm your muscles up just a little bit, and what do I mean by warming them
up? Just doing those small, easy activities [00:19:00] before you do a big activity. Just some gentle
stretching, gentle stretching.

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Kat Teacher: So you get your, you can really stretch those muscles. We can also use the word flexible.
If someone is flexible, you can Easily move your muscles. Maybe you can stretch down and touch your
toes. Someone who can do that. No, Mark is not very flexible. He can't, he can't touch his toes. Um, I
think it's his new year's resolution every year to touch his toes and he hasn't done it yet.

Kat Teacher: So we should support Mark in his, in his resolutions. Um, and then mobility becomes
more and more important the older you are. If you think of an older person who maybe can't walk very
easily, they are, they have limited mobility. Limited mobility. So it's not just stretching your muscles,
but it's also Teaching your body to [00:20:00] stretch and move because as they say, if you, um, if you
don't move it, you might lose it.

Kat Teacher: Okay? So if you don't do it, you might lose it. And so it's just sets of exercises that really
help you. Like Mark said, reaching up high, taking bigger steps, being able to get up and down off the
ground. This would be included in mobility. So, for my pre workout, I do a warm up. I do a warm up.
For post workout, I would do a cool down.

Kat Teacher: So we warm our body up, we do a warm up, and those are those nice, simple stretching
exercises that really help you, um, because we don't want to just go right into a big exercise, a big
workout, right? Because then we might risk hurting ourselves. So, we warm up slowly. Then when
we're finished with our exercise, post workout, we're going to cool [00:21:00] back down.

Kat Teacher: Our heart, heart rate might be kind of high. We might be sweating. Instead of just sitting
back down on the couch, let's slowly bring everything back down and cool down.

Mark Teacher: Stops you feeling achy or sore the next day

Kat Teacher: when your muscles are sore. Yeah, stretch before, stretch after. I need to stretch. I need to
stretch too.

Kat Teacher: I'm feeling a little sore. That's actually a really good word. Sore is usually the day after or
two days after your workout when your muscles just ache. Oh my goodness, they are sore. Your
muscles are sore. Oh, I'm sore today. Had a big workout. Had a big workout the other day.

Mark Teacher: It's tricky in a British accent.

Mark Teacher: The word sore, the spelling is S O R E. I say saw, like, yesterday I saw my friend, or I
[00:22:00] saw a bird. My muscles are sore. It's the same pronunciation, but it's a different word with
quite a different spelling. So it's more easy to distinguish in the American accent.

Kat Teacher: Yeah, for sure. Because yesterday I saw someone at the gym, and today I'm sore, sore.

Kat Teacher: It kind of sounds more like how you say saw.

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Mark Teacher: Good effort. Uh, yeah. Good effort.

Kat Teacher: I'll be, I'll be British before you know it.

Mark Teacher: Sore. Yeah. I saw my friend in the gym. And now I'm really sore. Oh,

Kat Teacher: man. It sounds almost exactly the same. That's crazy. Yeah, pretty much is.

Mark Teacher: Yeah, we're lazy.

Kat Teacher: Okay, so do you do anything a bit more relaxed?

Kat Teacher: I know those workouts can feel a bit tough. Maybe it's, uh, you know, really lifting your
heart rate. Do you do anything that's just kind of a little bit more relaxed?

Mark Teacher: If I can't get to the gym for whatever reason, I'll go for a brief [00:23:00] walk along the
streets near my home. So, get to the gym. The word get is often used instead of go.

Mark Teacher: So, get to the gym is go to the gym or arrive at the gym. Get home is arrive home. So, I
get home at about six o'clock. Uh, get to work is arrive at work. I get to work at about 8 or 9 in the
morning. So, get to the gym is arrive at the gym. So, if I can't get to the gym for whatever reason,
maybe it's work, maybe it's family, maybe there's a special occasion, maybe it's a holiday, I'll go for

Kat Teacher: a brief walk.

Kat Teacher: Maybe you're a little tired.

Mark Teacher: Oh yes, also. Maybe

Kat Teacher: you just don't want to go today.

Mark Teacher: Yeah, true, it's raining outside and that's a good excuse. I'll go for a brief walk [00:24:00]
along the streets near my home. Brief is short, so a brief walk would be 10, 15, 20 minutes. You might
hear brief in other contexts like a brief chat.

Mark Teacher: Is a short conversation. A brief workout would be 10 15 minutes. So, a brief walk, again,
I want to do something more relaxed, I want to take it easy, I don't want to hurt myself, so I'll go for a
brief walk. Uh, how about you, do you do anything a bit more relaxed?

Kat Teacher: So, in the mornings or in the evenings, I guess it kind of depends on the weather, I like to
just take a short walk around, maybe at the park or around my neighborhood.

Kat Teacher: So, we've got a couple of phrases here. In the mornings or in the evenings. Now, why did I
add the S here? Because that feels like that's part of my routine and you do it a few mornings or a few

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[00:25:00] evenings a week. So, in the mornings, I do this. In the evenings, I do this. I feel like multiple
evenings a week, multiple mornings a week.

Kat Teacher: Now, I quite like this word. I like to just take a short walk around. The word just here, and
I realized after we, um, kind of talked about these scripts that I like to just do this. I like to just do that.
In this case, just means simply. You know, I like to do something a little bit simpler. I like to do
something a bit more relaxed.

Kat Teacher: Yeah, I like to just take a short walk around. The reason I mean simply is because that's a
lot easier. Take a walk around instead of going to the gym, getting to the gym, doing the warmup,
doing the exercise, doing the cool down. That's kind of a lot on your body. So sometimes I like to just
do this.

Kat Teacher: Sometimes I like to just do that. I like [00:26:00] to simply do this, simply do that. So we
can take a walk. Um, we say the same thing, go for a walk, take a walk. Now, if I'm going to take a walk,
that feels like I know where I'm going, but if I'm just going to take a walk around, maybe I'll just. go in
my neighborhood.

Kat Teacher: Now, we've got two arounds here. Take a walk around, take a look around, just kind of,
you know, moving. We're just moving. I'm just going to take a walk around. I'm not going in any
particular direction. But I do let you know that I might go around my neighborhood. Now, that could
have two meanings. Around could be in a circle, or it could just be walking around.

Kat Teacher: Not really. Oh. There's the park. Oh, that's nice. Uh, maybe we should head home soon.
So without much direction. So we've got two uses of the word around here, and we can say I'm
walking around my neighborhood. That might be in a circle, or that just might be without any
[00:27:00] purpose. You're just walking around for fun.

Kat Teacher: All right. So in the end, Mark, what's the point of doing all this exercise anyway?

Mark Teacher: I think exercising isn't just about keeping fit. It's also a way of blowing off steam and
relieving stress. So an important phrase here is blowing off steam or to blow off steam. Yeah. The funny
thing is a lot of my students use this.

Mark Teacher: Not perfectly, because a lot of people think that blow off steam means relax, but it's a
very specific way of relaxing, because if you blow off steam, you have to do something physical. And
you have to do something maybe quite intense, like even going for a walk around the park, I don't
think is blowing off steam,

Kat Teacher: because walking is quite easy.

Mark Teacher: Your heart rate [00:28:00] doesn't go up, you don't really use your body that hard. So,
blowing off steam is doing something like running, exercising, or weightlifting. Boxing is a good one for

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people to blow off steam. Something I think that really makes you sweat and work hard. That's
blowing off steam.

Kat Teacher: What is the steam that you're blowing off anyway?

Kat Teacher: Like, why? Why can't you just do something simple? What, what is steam anyway?

Mark Teacher: Right. Yeah. Steam is stress. Blowing off stress. Um, the stress from work, the stress
from your family, from school, a busy day or something like that. That steam, you let it out by doing
something physical. So yeah, watching TV. is not blowing off steam.

Mark Teacher: You have to do something quite physically intense to blow off steam. So it's an
important

Kat Teacher: way of relaxing. Sometimes I think, too, that, that steam comes from boiling water, you
[00:29:00] know, that steam is that gas that comes off. the water. I also think if you're feeling angry or
really upset by something that you need to go do something physically demanding just to get it out of
your body.

Kat Teacher: So you can't do anything about it, um, to the person who made you angry. So you go and
you work out really hard or you run really fast to blow off steam.

Mark Teacher: You get the punching bag. Put the person's face on it, and then you punch it, and you
blow off steam that way. Yep, so it's a safer, healthier way to do it.

Mark Teacher: Much better. So, blowing off steam, exercising, is a good way to blow off steam. Good.
And, yep, we said steam is stress, so I'm relieving stress. Blow off steam is sort of a, an idiom. It's not a
literal phrase. But, uh, the more literal way to say it is to relieve stress. I go to the gym to relieve stress.
Or the gym is great [00:30:00] stress relief, with an F.

Kat Teacher: Ooh, yeah, both good phrases.

Mark Teacher: So how about you? What is the main purpose for all this exercise?

Kat Teacher: Now, for me, it's not just about staying healthy, it's also a great way to clear my mind and
de stress. So, um, we have the word just here again, and previously I said I like to just take a short walk
around. That was, I like to simply do this very simply.

Kat Teacher: And here we've got another word. So, it's not just about staying healthy. That means it's
not only about staying healthy. There's more. There's more. It's not just about staying healthy. It's,
what is it about? It's also a great way to clear my mind and de stress. Clear my mind. You know,
especially as a woman, I feel like we are thinking about things all day long.[00:31:00]

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Kat Teacher: We are thinking about the little tiny details. Is everything Working well in our home. Do
the kids have everything they need? Do the, do the pets have everything they need? Do, what do we
need from the grocery store? Our minds are always on. So to try to feel more peaceful, we want to clear
our mind. Clear our mind.

Kat Teacher: I think also to thinking in the past and thinking in the future, exercise really helps you
focus on the now. So you can, okay, just focus on going for a little walk. Just focus on this exercise. Just
focus on this running. Just focus on this sport. Be here right now. Clear your mind. Clear your mind.
And also I like this word, yeah?

Mark Teacher: Sorry, I think sometimes when I exercise, I'm not thinking about anything. There's like
nothing in my head. And for some people, that's quite an important part of relaxing. To clear your
mind is to not think about work, not think about home, like [00:32:00] don't think about anything,
almost.

Kat Teacher: I mean, I think, uh, especially for the moms out there, sometimes that's actually
impossible, but it does help.

Kat Teacher: It does help. So we have another word, de stress. Now, we do, we don't say de It's, it's not
distress. It is de-stress because we have the stress and the D is to remove it. De-stress decompress.
We've used that before in another video. Compress is to push it very tightly and to decompress is to
relax it or relieve that stress, remove it.

Kat Teacher: So we have a couple of other words, deflate. Um, d. We have a couple of words that I, you
took the one

Mark Teacher: I was going to use

Kat Teacher: decompress decompress. De stress. Definitely used quite often when we talk about stress
relief, like Mark said. All right. So we are at the very end of our [00:33:00] script. Well done, everyone.
This is one of our most vocabulary heavy ones.

Kat Teacher: And this is just in our normal conversation that we would talk about when we talk about
exercise.

Mark Teacher: Yeah. Hopefully you've picked up lots of new ways to describe your own exercise
routines. Please tell us in the comments. How often do you exercise? What kind of exercise do you do?
See if you can use some of the phrases or expressions that you've heard in this lesson to talk about it.

Mark Teacher: We read all the comments, uh, we reply to all of them as well, so it's a great chance to
practice with two native speakers and experienced teachers. Write us a comment and we'll, we'll tell
you what we think.

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Kat Teacher: Yes, we are super excited to have you here. Again, if you'd like to follow along step by
step, we do have PDF transcripts available for all of the members who join us here on High Level
Listening.

Kat Teacher: You can find that under Memberships, and you can join. Any level will get you all the PDF
transcripts, and you can study away from the [00:34:00] computer, sit and learn your vocabulary with
some written PDFs. So thank you so much, everyone. We'll see you for our next episode.

Mark Teacher: Thank you. Bye bye.

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