【科學英文】For Good Running Form, Step In Time To Queen's "We Are The Champions"

文章引言：

What do you like to listen to when you run? Do you like an energetic playlist to pump you up? Do you put on a few science podcasts, like this particular Curiosity editor? Or do you go without, just happy to hear the sounds around you? If you're in the music camp, we have a recommendation to add to your playlist: anything with a tempo of around 180 beats per minute. Moving your feet at that tempo can bring all sorts of running benefits.

全文連結：

For Good Running Form, Step In Time To Queen's "We Are The Champions"

文章概要：

跑步該怎麼跑？會配音樂嗎？聽聽廣播呢？還是感受身邊的聲音？
但不管如何，作者建議保持在每分鐘180個節拍的步調來慢跑。
為什麼是180 beats/min，這要追溯到傳奇跑步教練Jack Daniels，他注意到1984年傲凌批客運動員都維持在至少每分鐘180個步伐在前進，這樣的觀察也成就了他在運動訓練界的經典名出Born to Run。
 
不管如何，基本上，專家們經過研究，確實發現步伐在160以上，最好是180以上為佳，若是過大步或過小都不是好事，不僅降低跑步的效率，更可能造成受傷。
 

單字頗析：

  • benefit (n.)利益，好處；優勢
  • legendary (adj.) 傳說的；傳奇的
  • stride (v.)邁大步走
  • cadence (n.)節奏；節拍
  • immortalized (v.) 使永恆；使不滅；使不朽
  • elite (n.) 精華；精英；優秀分子
  • compile (v.) 匯編；編輯
  • metronome (n.)拍節器 

文法頗析：

  • pump you up 為你打氣 

經典佳句：

  • A Rule Of Thumb, Not A Rule In Stone（是一個好的經驗法則，但並不是沒有彈性的鐵律）
  • spread like wildfire through running circles（如同野火般的迅速傳播）

個人心得：

超智JOHN目前也在練習跑步，準備參加馬拉松。跑步的時候搭配一些有節奏的快歌，對於自己跑步比較有動力，而且也確實很適合拿來調整跑步的步伐，不過各位也可以嘗試看看文章中所分享的歌單，或其他慢跑建議，來改善自己慢跑的狀況！ 
 

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