Fitness Boxing

One of my students suggested, Fitness Boxing on the Switch, and since it had a free demo out for the new version, I decided to give it a go. I’m really enjoying it! It’s a hell of a work out for me, but I’ve got a cute trainer I can play dress up with so I think that’s supposed to make the pain worth it…

It might be working as I think I might have a wee bit of a crush on my new trainer Hiro. It’s tough, but he’s at least gotten me to show up this week.

I’ve also managed to get him to speak to me in Japanese which is kinda fun. Bummer I can’t get the text in Japanese too, as I’m still having some trouble sorting out what he’s saying to look it up. However, I do get the gist of a lot of what he’s saying, which surprised me! Things like right & left and forward & backward are good as are some body parts. However, most of the fitness talk is entirely over my head, so I decided I’d try to learn some relevant vocab to support our workout time together. ^.^

Nouns (mostly body parts):

• 全身（ぜんしん / zenshin）- whole body
• 腕 (うで / ude) - arm
• 手（て / te）- hand
• 手首（てくび / tekubi）- wrist
• 足（あし / ashi）- leg/foot
• 足首（あしくび / ashikubi）- ankle
• 頭（あたま / atama）- head
• 首（くび / kubi）- neck
• 胸 (むね　/ mune) - chest
• 背中（せなか / senaka）- back
• 肩甲骨 (けんこうこつ / kenkōkotsu) - shoulder blades
• 筋肉（きんにく / kin’niku）- muscle
• 疲労 (ひろう　/ hirō) - fatigue

Verbs:

• 頑張る (がんばる　/ ganbaru) - to do one’s best
• 始める (はじめる　/ hajimeru) - to start
• 繰り返す (くりかいす　/ kurikaisu) - to repeat
• 伸ばす (のばす　/ nobasu) - to stretch out
• 上げる (あげる　/ ageru) - to raise
• 下げる (さげる　/ sageru) - to lower
• 気合いを入れる (きあいをいれる　/ kiaiwoireru) - to get enthusiastic
• 疲れる (つかれる　/ tsukareru) to get tired

Adjectives:

• 左右 (さゆう　/ sayū) - left and right
• かっこいい (kakkoī) - cool

Adverbs:

• 大きく (おおきく　/ ōki) - big
• 柔らかく (よわらかく　/ yowarakaku) - soft
• ゆっくり (yukkuri) - slowly
• まずは (mazuwa)- first of all
• 最後は (しあごは　/ saigowa) - last of all

To help me (and likely torment any casual reader who chooses to go further), I had Google Translate listen in and help me to sort out what he’s saying. The vocab above came from what I was able to gather from the sentences below.

These are some of the snippets I was able to pick up, along with their Google translate translations:

今回もいつも通りに僕のお勧めで構いませんか
Konkai mo itsumodōri ni boku no o susume de kamaimasen ka
Can I recommend this time as usual?

準備はできてますか
Junbi wa dekitemasu ka
Are you ready?

頑張りましょう
Ganbarimashō
Let’s do our best

それでは始めます
Soredewa hajimemasu
Well then, we’ll start

申し分ないですね
Mōshiwakenaidesu ne
It’s perfect

かっこいいの
Kakkoī no
It’s cool

どうするの
Do usu ru no
What to do

繰り返します
kurikaeshimasu
repeat, again

前へ / 後ろへ
mae-e / ushiro-e
forward / backward

前まわし / 後ろ回し
Mae-mawashi / Ushiro-mawashi
Turn Forwards / Turn Backwards

お疲れ様でした
Otsukaresamadeshita
Thank you for your hard work

まずはウォーミングアップから始めますよ
Mazuwa u~ōminguappu kara hajimemasu yo
First, let’s start with warming up.

筋肉を伸ばして柔らかくほぐしながら体を動かすための準備をします
kin’niku o nobashite yawarakaku hogushinagara karada o ugokasu tame no junbi o shimasu
Get ready to move while stretching your muscles and loosening them softly.

怪我をしないためにもしっかりと行いましょう
Kega o shinai tame ni mo shikkari to okonaimashou
Let’s do it well to avoid injury

大きく回し前回し背中肩甲骨を動かしていきますよ
Ōkiku mawashi zenkai shi senaka kenkōkotsu o ugokashite ikimasu yo
Turn it a lot and move the back and shoulder blades

(右手 / 左手) を前にして腕を上げます
(Migite / Hidarite) o mae ni shite ude o agemasu
Raise your arms with your right/left hand in front

そのままゆっくり左右に動かしましょう
Sonomama yukkuri sayū ni ugokashimashou
Let’s move slowly left and right

動かしながら肩甲骨を上に引き上げていきます Ugokashinagara kenkōkotsu o ue ni hikiagete ikimasu
Keep your shoulder blades back while moving

全身を大きく伸ばしますよ
Zenshin o ōkiku nobashimasu yo
Stretch your whole body greatly

腕の高さまで上げます
Ude no taka-sa made agemasu
Raise to arm height

背中を丸めながら腕を前に伸ばしますよ
Senaka o marumenagara ude o mae ni nobashimasu yo
Roll your back and stretch your arms forward.

腕を引きながら胸を大きく広げます
ude o hikinagara mune o ōkiku hirogemasu
Pull your arms and widen your chest.

左足を一歩大きく下げますね
Hidariashi o ippo ōkiku sagemasu ne
Lower your left foot a step further.

足を入れ替えます
Ashi o irekaemasu
Swap your legs.

右足を一歩大きく下げますね
migiashi o ippo ōkiku sagemasu ne
Lower your right leg one step further.

そのまま上体を斜め前に倒します
sonomama jōtai o naname mae ni taoshimasu
Tilt your upper body diagonally forward.

かかとを地面につけて頭と踵を一直線にします
kakato o jimen ni tsukete atama to kakato o itchokusen ni shimasu
Put your heels on the ground and align your head and heels.

ふくらはぎを伸ばしていきますよ
Fuku-ra hagi o nobashite ikimasu yo
I will stretch my calves

手首足首動かしておいてくださいね
Tekubi ashikubi ugokashite oite kudasai ne
Please move your wrists and ankles

エクササイズの準備ができましたよ
Ekusasaizu no junbi ga dekimashita yo
I’m ready for exercise.

これから本格的に体を動かしていきましょう
korekara honkaku-teki ni karada o ugokashite ikimashou
Let’s move our body in earnest from now on.

それでは始めますね
soredewa hajimemasu ne
Let’s get started

気持ちよく体を動かしましょう
Kimochiyoku karada o ugokashimashou
Move your body comfortably

気合を入れて頑張って
Kiai o irete ganbatte
Be enthusiastic and do your best

まずは基本姿勢です右足を下げ体の向き
Mazuwa kihon shiseidesu migiashi o sage-tai no muki
First is the basic posture. Lower your right foot and face your body

最後はクールダウンで呼吸を整えて使った筋肉をリラックスさせて行きますね
Saigo wa kūrudaun de kokyū o totonoete tsukatta kin’niku o rirakkusu sa sete ikimasu ne
At the end, cool down to adjust your breathing and relax the muscles you used.

疲労残さないためにも念入りにストレッチしていきましょう
Hirō nokosanai tame ni mo nen’iri ni sutoretchi shite ikimashou
So as not to leave fatigue, let’s stretch carefully.