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Beginner Spanish · Fitness and exercise routines
Fitness and Exercise in Spanish
Fitness vocabulary becomes more useful when you can say what exercise you do, how often you do it, and what your goals are. Start with common activities, then build a simple weekly routine.
Your next small win: talk about exercise activities, frequency, workout habits, stretching, rest, and a simple fitness goal.
Start with activities
Common Exercise Actions
These activities give you a useful beginner set for talking about how you stay active.
To run
To walk
To exercise
To train / work out
To stretch
To lift weights
To swim
To ride a bike
Name two activities
Say “to run and lift weights” in Spanish.
Correr y levantar pesas.
More fitness vocabulary
Gym
Workout / training
Muscle
Weights
Repetition / rep
Routine
Rest
Energy
Choose the right general phrase
Hacer Ejercicio and Entrenar
Both expressions are useful, but they often emphasize slightly different ideas.
I exercise every day.
I train three times a week.
Beginner takeaway: use hacer ejercicio for exercising in general. Entrenar often suggests a workout, training session, sport, or fitness goal.
Before and after exercise
I always stretch before exercising.
I need to rest after the workout.
It is important to stretch after training.
General exercise or training?
Say that you exercise every day and train three times a week.
Hago ejercicio todos los días.
Entreno tres veces por semana.
Say how often you exercise
Frequency and Time
These phrases help turn an activity into a real exercise routine.
Every day
Three times a week
On weekends
In the morning
In the afternoon / evening
At night / in the evening
For thirty minutes
I go to the gym three times a week.
I like running early in the morning.
I swim in the pool on weekends.
I lift weights twice a week.
Add frequency
Say that you go to the gym three times a week.
Voy al gimnasio tres veces por semana.
Put your fitness routine together
Activities, Goals, and Habits
Combine an activity, a frequency phrase, and a goal to describe how you stay active.
I want to get stronger this year.
I have more energy when I exercise regularly.
We ride bikes through the park.
At the gym
How often do you go to the gym?
I go three times a week.
Talking about exercise
What kind of exercise do you do?
I run and lift weights.
Describe your routine
Say what kind of exercise you do, how often you exercise, and one fitness goal.
Corro y levanto pesas.
Entreno tres veces por semana.
Quiero ponerme más fuerte este año.
Rest and hydration
To rest
To stay hydrated
I need to rest after the workout.
Your turn · 8 quick questions
Practice: Fitness and Exercise
Choose the answer that fits each situation. Focus on exercise actions, frequency, stretching, training, rest, and fitness goals.
Practice complete
You can talk about a simple fitness routine in Spanish.
A few fitness phrases to revisit
One last step: describe a workout routine without choices.
Say which exercises you do, how often you do them, what you do before or after exercise, and one fitness goal.
Corro y levanto pesas.
Entreno tres veces por semana.
Siempre me estiro antes de hacer ejercicio.
Quiero ponerme más fuerte este año.
Someone asks what kind of exercise you do. You run and lift weights. What do you say?
- Corro y levanto pesas.
- Nado y monto en bicicleta.
- Camino y me estiro.
- Entreno y descanso.
Corro means “I run,” and levanto pesas means “I lift weights.”
Corro y levanto pesas.
You want to say that you exercise every day in a general way. Which sentence fits?
- Hago ejercicio todos los días.
- Entreno tres veces por semana.
- Voy al gimnasio los fines de semana.
- Corro por la mañana.
Hacer ejercicio is the general expression for exercising.
Hago ejercicio todos los días.
You train three times a week. Which sentence matches?
- Entreno tres veces por semana.
- Entreno todos los días.
- Entreno los fines de semana.
- Entreno una vez por semana.
Tres veces por semana means three times a week.
Entreno tres veces por semana.
You always stretch before exercising. Which sentence fits?
- Siempre me estiro antes de hacer ejercicio.
- Siempre descanso antes de hacer ejercicio.
- Siempre corro antes de hacer ejercicio.
- Siempre nado antes de hacer ejercicio.
Estirarse means to stretch. The first-person form is me estiro.
Siempre me estiro antes de hacer ejercicio.
Your goal is to get stronger this year. What do you say?
- Quiero ponerme más fuerte este año.
- Quiero correr más este año.
- Quiero nadar más este año.
- Quiero descansar más este año.
Ponerse más fuerte means to get stronger.
Quiero ponerme más fuerte este año.
The workout is over and you need to rest. Which sentence fits?
- Necesito descansar después del entrenamiento.
- Necesito estirarme antes del entrenamiento.
- Necesito correr durante el entrenamiento.
- Necesito levantar pesas antes del entrenamiento.
Descansar means to rest, and después del entrenamiento means after the workout.
Necesito descansar después del entrenamiento.
You swim in the pool on weekends. Which sentence matches?
- Nado en la piscina los fines de semana.
- Corro en el parque los fines de semana.
- Voy al gimnasio los fines de semana.
- Monto en bicicleta los fines de semana.
Nado means “I swim,” and los fines de semana means “on weekends.”
Nado en la piscina los fines de semana.
Someone asks how often you go to the gym. You go three times a week. What do you say?
- Voy tres veces por semana.
- Voy todos los días.
- Voy los fines de semana.
- Voy por la mañana.
Voy tres veces por semana directly answers how often you go.
Voy tres veces por semana.