如何坚持你的锻炼计划:喝啤酒

如何坚持你的锻炼计划:喝啤酒

Beer, or any alcohol for that matter, when consumed in moderation, may be a brilliant motivator to keep people working out. Scientists still need to do more research as to exactly what the connection is, but several studies have found that people who drink moderately tend to exercise more than abstainers.

啤酒，或者任何酒精，只要适量饮用，都可能是保持人们锻炼的绝佳动力。科学家们还需要做更多的研究来弄清两者之间的确切联系，但几项研究发现，适量饮酒的人比不喝酒的人更倾向于锻炼。

Mike Zamzow, the brewmaster and owner of Bull Falls Brewery in Wausau, Wisconsin, thinks burpee exercises and beer will be a winning combination for fans of his business. Starting next week, Bull Falls will host "Butts and Beers," an exercise class that combines some cardio and yoga with beer.

威斯康辛州沃索市(Wausau)布尔福尔斯啤酒厂(Bull Falls Brewery)的酿酒师兼老板迈克•赞佐(Mike Zamzow)认为，burpee 锻炼和啤酒将是他的业务爱好者的双赢组合。从下周开始，Bull Falls将举办“Butts and Beers”健身班，将有氧运动、瑜伽和啤酒结合起来。

There will be no bar curls in class, but you'll get a beer after you exercise. Zamow got the idea after hearing about a yoga class at a Minnesota brewery. He's already seen success with the exercise beer combo. A 5K run Bull Falls hosted (with kegs at the end) raised $17,000 for the Never Forgotten Honor Flight last year.

上课不会有酒吧，但是你可以在运动后喝杯啤酒。赞佐是在听说明尼苏达州一家酿酒厂的瑜伽课后产生了这个想法。他已经看到了运动啤酒组合的成功。去年，一家名为“公牛瀑布”(Bull Falls)的5000米跑步俱乐部(最后还有一个小桶)为这趟永远不会被遗忘的荣誉之旅筹集了1.7万美元。

Zamzow thinks this exercise class will be something that will help people keep their New Year's fitness goals.

赞佐认为这个健身班将帮助人们保持他们的新年健身目标。

"There may be some who come to the class who figure out they're not cut out for this, but when they get into the taproom, their classmates will encourage them to stick with it," Zamzow said. "That wouldn't happen with a regular class when you typically get done with your workout and then get right into your car."
赞佐说:“可能会有一些人来上课时发现自己不适合做这个，但当他们进入正题时，他们的同学会鼓励他们坚持下去”。“而在常规课程中，你通常锻炼完后就直接钻进车里，这种情况是不会发生的”。

Zamzow may be onto something. Positive peer pressure has been shown to be a successful exercise motivator in past studies.
赞佐可能说到点子上了。在过去的研究中，积极的同伴压力被证明是一种成功的锻炼动力。

As has the celebration factor. It's common to see teams sharing something cold after a win. "But you don't even have to have a victory, to want to celebrate, you may be feeling good because of the exercise and want to carry on that feeling into the bar," said Leigh Leasure. She is an associate professor and director of behavioral neuroscience lab at the University of Houston.

庆祝因素也是如此。球队在获胜后分享一些冷的东西是很常见的。利索尔说:“但你甚至不需要庆祝胜利，你可能会因为锻炼而感觉良好，并想把这种感觉带进酒吧。”她是休斯顿大学行为神经科学实验室的副教授和主任。

Leasure co-authored a study that looked at the connection between exercise and alcohol and the research that was available on the subject.

利索尔与人合作完成了一项研究，研究了运动和酒精之间的关系，以及现有的相关研究。

There has been a lot of research about the helpful cardiac benefits of drinking in moderation. A daily glass of wine is included in the Mediterranean diet that many doctors recommend to patients as a healthy way to eat. Some studies have even looked at beer as an alternative kind of sports drink (the nutrients in the hops and the sugar can work if sodium is added and the alcohol content is lower).

有很多关于适量饮酒对心脏有益的研究。地中海饮食包括每天一杯葡萄酒，许多医生向患者推荐这是一种健康的饮食方式。一些研究甚至把啤酒看作是一种运动饮料的替代品(啤酒花中的营养成分和糖分可以在添加钠和酒精含量较低的情况下发挥作用)。

While one study did show that alcohol consumption after exercise can slow recovery, the pluses may outweigh the minuses. Although research on the motivators behind why people who drink tend to exercise more is a little more limited.

虽然一项研究确实表明，运动后饮酒会减缓恢复，但利大于弊。虽然关于为什么喝酒的人更倾向于锻炼背后的动机的研究是有限的。

One theory may be that alcohol and exercise both work on the same pathways in the brain. "There are a lot of parallels in terms of how the brain responds to exercise and alcohol," Leasure said. The brain releases dopamine and endorphins with both. "It does make you wonder if people are feeling good when they exercise and people feel good when they have a drink, maybe they continue to seek out that experience."

有一种理论可能是，酒精和运动在大脑中起着同样的作用。利索尔说:“大脑对运动和酒精的反应有很多相似之处。”大脑同时释放多巴胺和内啡肽。“这确实会让你怀疑，人们在锻炼时是否感觉良好，在喝酒时是否感觉良好，也许他们会继续寻求这种体验。”

That is if people are doing both in moderation. If they cross over into dependence on either, the brain does not react the same, Leasure said. She and her co-authors next intend to study the connection between the two activities in college students.

也就是说，如果人们适度地同时做这两件事。利索尔说，如果它们过度依赖其中任何一种，大脑的反应就不一样了。她和她的合著者下一步打算研究大学生中这两种活动之间的联系。