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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6470 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 25 of 47 27 August 2011 at 10:05pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
It's even possible to have a group challenge, to see who can do the most within a certain time frame ;-) It's also good to get thumbs-up and encouraging comments from friends when I complete challenging workouts. Bestow those liberally on everyone on the site. Leveling up is fun, and so is fulfilling quests, because then you can do harder quests. I'm looking forward to the swimming pool next door opening on Monday so that I can do the ridiculously easy swimming challenge. I haven't gone there in years. Hampie, you're completely free in what exercises you do. You can even count going for a walk or taking the stairs. For the most part I'm following a book called "Convict Conditioning", which is really, really good - it has a detailed recipe for going from grandma to being able to do certain exercises better than a lot of professional athletes. As in, it gives you each exercise you need to do (none of which require a gym membership or equipment), what goal to aim for and when to switch to the next harder exercise. Doviende and Volte both preached to me about this book. Edited by Sprachprofi on 27 August 2011 at 10:12pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6659 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 26 of 47 27 August 2011 at 10:08pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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A site like that, where you earn levels by studying languages, would be amazingly fun! Experience gained from
reading, listening, talking or writing, and then levels and quests alongside that. Like ‹read a new paper article› or ‹read a classical author in X language› etc. etc. :D. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6011 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 27 of 47 27 August 2011 at 11:35pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I kind of think Sprachprofi did when talking about "combining" them. I've done a few Pimsleur lessons on a treadmill, exercise bike and cross-trainer, and I definitely didn't push myself into the cardio zone, so you're restricting your performance in the gym. One thing that might be worthwhile is doing a hard workout like bouldering that demands frequent breaks, and using the breaks as study time. I find it difficult to keep myself at the bouldering wall for any length of time, because I burn myself out quickly by not taking enough breaks. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5693 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 28 of 47 28 August 2011 at 12:13am | IP Logged | ||||||||
The most effective way of combining language study and exercise, for me, is by listening to fast-paced songs in my target language while walking. I naturally have the urge to walk to the beat of the song, and if that rhythm is a little faster than my natural walking speed (which is already pretty fast), it ends up really pushing me. When I was in university I would walk every day for twenty minutes at my top possible walking speed, while listening to my carefully selected "walking music" playlist (mostly songs in German, some in Dutch and Spanish) which had the requisite number of BPM to keep my heart rate up. It was awfully fun exercise! 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
 songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5209 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 29 of 47 28 August 2011 at 2:11am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Thanks, Nogoodnik. I've just joined, using one of your invitations. If anyone would like an invitation, here's a code: http://ftcy.co/mSvux1 And thanks for getting the ball rolling on this, Sprachprofi; yet another of your good ideas! [Updated to add the invitation code.] Edited by songlines on 29 August 2011 at 4:13am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| lichtrausch Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5960 days ago 525 posts - 1072 votes Speaks: English*, German, Japanese Studies: Korean, Mandarin | Message 30 of 47 28 August 2011 at 2:22am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Hahaha. That was hilarious. Now I want to イクササイズ! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4859 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 31 of 47 28 August 2011 at 2:24am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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According to Jinx' idea: if you learn a Balkan language then you're extremely lucky - you have plenty of energetic songs (Turkish pop, turbofolk, chalga, Romanian dance music etc. etc.) Edited by prz_ on 28 August 2011 at 9:03am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Viola Diglot Newbie Australia Joined 6057 days ago 36 posts - 38 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Japanese, Latin, German, French | Message 32 of 47 28 August 2011 at 4:07am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I joined and will have a look around today. I'm already a bit of a gym rat so I suppose this will be for my rest days when I just do low-intensity exercise with podcasts.
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