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I had about 10 minutes to exercise before I had to pick up my two older daughters from school
yesterday. It was a busier day than usual for me with a couple of meetings besides my regular work.
Years ago, I would have put off my workout and would have left things for the next day. But since it
was a busy day as well, I knew that I may not have all that much time either. So, I picked up my kettle-bell (哑铃) and went to town for 4 minutes.
See, 4 minutes, if that's all you've got, is enough to give your body a great fat-burning exercise. How
did I get a killer workout in 4 minutes? I used a training workout discovered 10 years ago by a Japanese
Sports Scientist called a TABATA.
It includes 20-second periods of warm-up, followed by 10-second periods of rest and 4-minute
straight exercise. How is a 4-minute exercise able to burn fat? It all depends on the quality of work you do. Not on the quantity. Here's how I did it yesterday.
You should never forget your warm-up. A TABATA workout is 20 seconds of 2-arm Kettle-bell
swings, 10 seconds rest, 20 seconds push-ups, and 10 seconds rest. You should do those 4 rounds.
That's it. I was done in a total time of 8 minutes by the time and when I got to school my heart was still
pumping pretty hard.
A healthy body is needed for studying and working, and efficiency (效率) is the key to building a great body in the least amount (数量) of time possible and you can't get more efficient than a 4-minute workout.
1. We can learn from the passage that the author ______.
A. is busy with his work
B. has a weak body now
C. has two children in all
D. is a manager in a film
2. The underlined phrase "went to town" in Paragraph 2 means "_______".
A. put off doing something
B. went to a very small city
C. did something with interest
D. hated to do something
3. What is the most important thing in taking exercise according to the author?
A. The goal
B. the quality
C. The quantity
D. The method
