English Conversation Questions

Muscles

Questions

1. What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘muscles’?
2. Are you happy with your muscles?
3. Have you ever trained to increase the size of your muscles?
4. Are muscular men/women more attractive than normal men/women?
5. What do you think of bodybuilding?
6. When was the last time you had muscle pain?
7. What’s the best way to get big muscles?
8. What can you eat to help make your muscles bigger?

Videos

Brian Shaw is 6’8 and weighs 400 pounds. He eats a dozen eggs for breakfast. He can lift a car. But he’s too wide to sit in an armchair. See what life is like for the World’s Strongest Man.

Category:  Sports
Keywords: Body | Muscles | Strength
We have over 600 muscles in our bodies that help bind us together, hold us up, and help us move. Your muscles also need your constant attention, because the way you treat them on a daily basis determines whether they will

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wither or grow. Jeffrey Siegel illustrates how a good mix of sleep, nutrition and exercise keep your muscles as big and strong as possible.

Lesson by Jeffrey Siegel, animation by Brett Underhill.

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Category:  Science
Keywords: Body | Exercising | Muscles | Strength

Did you know that if you start working out, your body will kind of “remember” what it’s like to be strong, even after you take some time off? How are your muscles able to do that?

Category:  Science
Keywords: Memory | Muscles

Vocabulary:
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secluded
float
shore
anchor
lighthouse
greenhouse
handsaw
hammer
power tool
nail
board (noun)
ton
land sick
biomass
canoe
paddle
real estate
prosper
fulfilled

Expressions:
subsistence living
hon

Vocabulary:
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Expressions:
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Vocabulary:
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involuntary
swindler
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unwarranted
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self-esteem
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threshold
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voice (verb)
peer
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competence
banish
frank

Expressions:
nagging doubt
shake a feeling
put something to rest
surefire way

Vocabulary:
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distill
underdog
aspect
familiar
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keyboard
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grounded
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continuity
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relentlessness
finale

Expressions:
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going above and beyond
get smacked in the face
sell a joke

Vocabulary:
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smoke (noun)
engine
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terror
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miracle

Expressions:
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mend fences
make sense
connecting dots