澳大利亚"人猿酷跑"掀起健身热潮
Latest fitness craze in Australia has people running on all fours
If you're bored with old-fashioned running, or if you feel that it's not a complete workout, you might want to try crunning, a new fitness craze that's taking Australia by storm. No, it does not mean crying while running, it's actually a cross between crawling and running that involves getting down on all fours and moving as fast as you can.
如果你对跑步这一老式的健身方法感到厌烦,或者你觉得这不是一个全面的健身方式,你可能会想尝试下"酷跑"（crunning）这个新花样,"酷跑"掀起了澳大利亚新的健身热潮.当然,"酷跑"并不像我们听起来那样边哭边跑.事实上,它结合了爬行和跑步的特点,要求你俯下身四肢着地,尽你可能地快速移动.
The bizarre workout, best described as your thighs' worst nightmare, was invented by Australian fitness enthusiast Shaun McCarthy. We're not sure what prompted him to come up with the bizarre activity, but he seems convinced that it will revolutionize fitness as we know it. "The only thing that crunning's changed about fitness… is that it's changed everything about fitness," he says.
这个怪诞的健身方法简直是大腿的梦靥,其发明者是澳大利亚的健身爱好者肖恩·麦卡锡.我们尚不明确是何原因促使他想出这个奇怪的锻炼方式,但麦卡锡似乎坚信"酷跑"将为健身运动带来革命,正如我们知道的那样."'酷跑'为健身带来的唯一改变就是它改变了健身的一切,"麦卡锡说道.
The short video of him crunning through Melbourne that he posted on Facebook makes the activity look more like a spoof than a serious workout, but it seems to have inspired others to take up running on all fours as well. McCarthy only went public with crunning five weeks, but it has been getting quite a lot of attention online and he claims there is now a steadily-growing movement in Australia.
"麦卡锡在脸谱上上传了他以"酷跑"方式穿行整个墨尔本的视频,但视频让人觉得更像是恶搞而不是健身,不过还是吸引了一些人跟风,采取他的办法锻炼.麦卡锡以"酷跑"走红才五个星期,但在网上已经得到了一定的关注,据麦卡锡表示,目前澳大利亚用"酷跑"健身的人数正在逐渐增加.
But is crunning a better fitness activity than jogging or running? It would appear so, as McCarthy has been saying in interviews that crunning is a more complete workout because it includes the upper body as well. "It really works your thighs and shoulders at the same time," he said, adding that he believes it burns more calories as well.
