Popular Sports and Leisure Activities in Britain

Over recent decades the number and range of available leisure activities has mushroomed, in Britain. It is fair to say that Britain, in common with most Western countries, has become a leisure-orientated society. Western people have also become extremely health-conscious, and for many young people Keep-fit is a very important part of their lives. In addition there is a widespread preoccupation with healthy eating: trying to avoid fatty and fried foods, and cutting down on sugary

products, eating vegetables and fruit. Many young people, especially young women, regularly go to the gym to do aerobics, weight-lifting, and so on. Aerobics is equivalent to what the Russians call "Shaping". Such Keep-fit centres offering these kinds of exercises have sprung up all over Britain and there, mostly women-of all shapes, sizes, and ages, gather together to do light exercises often to the latest hit records. Many people say that the experience is a very exhilarating one, that their adrenalin flows, and that attending aerobics classes becomes akin to an addiction...but a healthy one at least!

Compare your definitions with those given in the dictionary.

to mushroom– to spread, grow, or develop quickly.

health-conscious –aware of one's own health and body

keep-fit(a noun) – being in good physical condition; in good health

to be preoccupied with –to be absorbed or engrossed to the exclusion of other things

aerobics –1. also called aerobic exercises. (used with a pl. v.) any of various sustained exercises, as jogging, rowing, swimming, or cycling, that stimulate and strengthen the heart and lungs, thereby improving the body's utilization of oxygen.

2. (used with a sing. v. ) a physical fitness program based on such exercises: Aerobics is a good way to get your body in shape.

weight-lifting -the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.

to spring up -to grow rapidly

light exercises -of little weight; not heavy

exhilarating -enlivening; invigorating; stimulating

addiction -the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.

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