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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4818 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes  Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 17 of 64 30 July 2013 at 11:14am | IP Logged | |||||
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Most audio based things give you much better freedom of movement: audiobooks, music, audio part of your textbooks (just listening to Assimil a few more times whenever I felt like it outside my home helped me a lot). When you are alone, you can even shadow or repeat or do the FSI drills without looking crazy. (I suppose you can go in a forest or somewhere like that nearby your village)
And while doing all that, you can walk or do housework (for that, you can watch video as well), exercise (better with the music or sometimes video than with audiobooks usually, at least for me), and so on. There is a lot of music in your TL that will make great company when running. And walking and running are among the cheapest and healthiest sport activities you can do. About your back and neck pains: While walking is in general awesome, it doesn't help with these per se. But some stretching and strenghtening exercises could be a good solution. Either visit a physiotherapist or find some exercices online. There is quite a lot of resources. And even ten minutes or so of well chosen exercises a day can do marvels. And another activity the music in Spanish fits perfectly: dancing! Good exercise, really fun, noone needs to see you if you don't wish to be seen, and there is so much of the music. Many genres, many kinds of lyrics and so on. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kujichagulia Senior Member Japan Joined 4656 days ago 1031 posts - 1571 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Portuguese | Message 18 of 64 30 July 2013 at 11:54am | IP Logged | |||||
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Dancing... that's what I do when I'm listening to Brazilian radio. My wife thinks I'm crazy.
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| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 3953 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 19 of 64 30 July 2013 at 9:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
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And dance I shall! Thanks again for all of the wonderful suggestions!
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| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7014 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 20 of 64 31 July 2013 at 8:17am | IP Logged | |||||
I second this. I'm one who listens to my foreign language recordings while commuting, I study at the computer, I do it when I go to the bathroom, I read books, both electronic and paper, but in the gym, I like to have a workout that is so intense I can't be distracted by trying to learn something. That said, I agree that things like walking, etc, can easily be accompanied with study. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| mezzofanti Octoglot Senior Member Australia mezzoguild.com Joined 4557 days ago 51 posts - 112 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Arabic (classical), Arabic (Egyptian), Irish, Arabic (Levantine) Studies: Korean, Georgian, French | Message 21 of 64 31 July 2013 at 11:48am | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't understand how people can not get plenty of exercise.
It's not just the negative effect on your physical well-being but your brain functioning properly depends on it. Put the books down, get off the computer and hit the gym. You'll have far better learning results if you do. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4653 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 22 of 64 31 July 2013 at 11:59am | IP Logged | |||||
I don't do any sports. My brain is still functioning quite well though. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| mezzofanti Octoglot Senior Member Australia mezzoguild.com Joined 4557 days ago 51 posts - 112 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Arabic (classical), Arabic (Egyptian), Irish, Arabic (Levantine) Studies: Korean, Georgian, French | Message 23 of 64 31 July 2013 at 12:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
I guess science must be wrong about the importance of exercise then. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4653 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 24 of 64 31 July 2013 at 12:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
At least it's being exaggerated a lot... 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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