2018健身新風(fēng)潮

Hailing from Sweden， “plogging” is a fitness craze that sees participants pick up plastic litter while jogging—adding a virtuous， environmentally driven element to the sport.

健身風(fēng)潮plogging源于瑞典，指的是人們在慢跑時拾塑料垃圾。這一舉動給這項體育活動增添了道德和環(huán)保情懷。

Plogging appears to have started around 2016， but is now going global， due to increasing awareness and fear over plastic levels in the ocean.

Plogging出現(xiàn)于2016年左右，由于人們對海洋中塑料垃圾的關(guān)注和擔(dān)憂不斷升級，該項體育活動現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)風(fēng)靡全球。

The appeal of plogging is its simplicity （all you need is running gear and a bin bag）， and the feeling of getting fit while supporting a good cause. By adding regular squats （to pick up junk） and carrying weight to jogging， we can assume the health benefits are increased.

Plogging的吸引人之處在于其簡單易行（你需要的只是跑步裝備和一個垃圾袋），還能讓人在支持環(huán)保事業(yè)的同時鍛煉身體。通過跑步時經(jīng)常下蹲（撿垃圾）和負(fù)重，鍛煉身體的效果也能得到增強。

Running and good causes have always gone hand in hand—just think of all the fundraising marathon runners do. But there couldnt be a more on-trend way of keeping fit than plogging.

跑步和公益活動常常緊密相關(guān)，想想那些為了慈善募捐跑馬拉松的人就知道了。但沒有比plogging更潮的健身趨勢了。

“Anything thats getting people out in nature and connecting positively with their environment is a good thing，” says Lizzie Carr， an environmentalist who helped set up Plastic Patrol， a nationwide campaign to rid our inland waterways of plastic pollution. “Theres been a real shift in the public mindset around plastics， helped by things like Blue Planet highlighting how catastrophic the crisis is，” she says.

環(huán)保專家莉齊·凱爾幫助開展了全國范圍內(nèi)的“塑料偵查”活動，這一活動的目的是清除內(nèi)陸水道的塑料污染。她說：“能讓人們走進(jìn)大自然，主動接觸大自然的任何活動都是好的。公眾對于塑料垃圾的觀念有了實質(zhì)性的改變，《藍(lán)色星球》等節(jié)目凸顯了這一危機的災(zāi)難性后果，也有助于人們觀念的轉(zhuǎn)變。”

“We need to keep momentum high and the pressure up， and empower people through initiatives like plogging and Plastic Patrol.”

“我們需要保持勢頭高漲，讓人們感受到環(huán)境的壓力，并通過跑步撿垃圾和‘塑料偵查等活動讓大家切實參與進(jìn)來。”

The Plastic Patrol app allows users to map plastic anywhere in the world by collecting discarded items， photographing them and uploading to the app， giving us a better knowledge of what sorts of plastic and which brands are thrown out. “Id urge all ploggers to get involved，” adds Carr.

應(yīng)用程序“塑料偵查”能讓全球的用戶把收集的廢棄塑料標(biāo)注在地圖上。用戶可以拍照上傳，讓我們更清楚地了解到哪種塑料以及何種品牌被扔掉。凱爾補充說：“我鼓勵所有參與跑步撿垃圾的人參與進(jìn)來。”

Plogging isnt the first fitness trend to combine fitness with a good cause. Here are some of them：

Plogging并非首個將健身與公益事業(yè)結(jié)合起來的健身潮流。一起來看看下面這些：

Running for the elderly為老年人跑步

Good Gyms idea is simple： go for a run， visit an elderly person， have a chat and some tea， and run back. Loneliness among the elderly is a growing problem in the UK， but with over 10，000 runs so far， Good Gym is finding a solution.

“好健身”的想法很簡單：去跑步，拜訪一位老年人，聊聊天，喝喝茶，再跑回來。……