A Thai director's elliptical view of the world
BANGKOK — BANGKOK: Apichatpong Weerasethakul's cryptic movies defy easy categorization: What to make of a film that starts out as a sweet love story but turns into a phantasmagoric mind-trip ("Tropical Malady," 2004)? Or his Exquisite Corpse film, which grows more surreal with every twist of the tale ("Mysterious Object at Noon," 2000)?
But this radical, nonlinear approach to filmmaking has earned the 36-year- old Thai director a reputation as one of Asia's most exciting filmmakers. Film critics have said that Apichatpong brings to cinema an entirely fresh way of viewing the world.
Mr. Strouthous had been part of the walking group for around eight years, but he became a walk leader during lockdown. His water aerobics classes shut down during the pandemic, and walks filled that void. “I needed something to keep going, really,” he said.
Mr. Strouthous meticulously plans the routes ahead of time, making sure they’re scenic and not too arduous, and have a good spot to stop for lunch. Thursday morning’s trek checked all the boxes: a route through the South Bank of London, curling past the Globe Theater and under the London Eye, with a stop near a string of shops and cafes, where some members ordered hot chocolates.
“How was your workout?” I’ll ask when we get off of Spinning bikes or elliptical cross-trainers. He’ll reply that it was good, he worked at “80 percent.” But 80 percent of what? I want to know what he thinks his maximum is. But he won’t say.
Of course, I know it’s ridiculous to think that a higher maximum heart rate means that I’m a better athlete than my husband. He may have a slower heart rate, but he can beat me in cycling any day. And, after all, the goal in exercise is to get more blood to your muscles. The heart does that by beating faster and by pumping more blood with each beat. If your heart is more powerful, it does not have to beat as fast. “There is no association between maximum heart rate and exercise performance,” said Hirofumi Tanaka, the director of the Cardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory and an exercise physiologist at the University of Texas in Austin.
Spinning bikes 屬於 bike exercise stand
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An elliptical trainer (also cross trainer or simply elliptical) is a stationary exercise machine used to simulate walking or running without causing excessive pressure to the joints, hence decreasing the risk of impact injuries.
Elliptical trainers offer a non-impact cardiovascular workout that can vary from light to high intensity based on the resistance preference. Most elliptical trainers work the user's upper and lower body (although some models do not have moving upper body components). Using an elliptical trainer is designed to elevate the heart rate more than building muscles.
Wikipedia article "Elliptical trainer".An elliptical cross trainer is comparable to a treadmill in its exertion of leg muscles and the heart. Ellipticals produce an intermediate range of leg motion between that of stationary bikes and treadmills.
The adjective has 4 meanings:
Meaning #1: containing or characterized by ellipsis
Synonym: elliptical
Pertains to noun: ellipsis (meaning #1)
Meaning #2: of a leaf shape; in the form of an ellipse
Meaning #3: rounded like an egg
Synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptical, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate
Synonym: elliptical
- 音節el • lip • ti • cal
- 発音ilíptikəl, -tik
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