Balancing Training Intensity and Recovery | Learn Japanese in English

Japanese lesson set in a contemporary Tokyo everyday setting: At a gym, a person discusses lowering workout intensity so recovery improves while the training habit stays steady..

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Dialogue

A

トレーニング計画は大変ですが、最近は回復するのが難しくなっています。

toh-RAY-ning kee-KAH-koo wa tie-HEN dess gah, sai-KIN wa kai-FOO-koo soo-ROO noh gah moo-ZAH-shee-koo nah-TEH ee-MAHSS. The workout plan is challenging, but recovery has been hard lately.
B

今のスケジュールには、トレーニング量が多すぎるのかもしれません。

ee-MAH noh soo-KEH-joo-ROO nee-wa, toh-RAY-ning RYOH gah oh-SOO-gee-roo noh kah-MOH-shee-ray-MAHSS. The volume may be too high for your schedule right now.
A

セッションは最後までこなせますが、その後は疲れ切ったように感じます。

SEH-shon wa sai-GOH mah-deh koh-nah-SEH-mahss gah, soh-noh OH-toh wa tsu-KAH-reh-KEET-tah yoh-oo nee kah-NJEE-mahss. I can finish the sessions, but I feel drained afterward.
B

セッションを終えることと同じくらい、回復も大切です。

SEH-shon oh oh-EH-roo koh-toh toh oh-NJEE koo-RAI, kai-FOO-koo moh tie-SETS-oo dess. Recovery matters as much as completing the sessions.
A

強度を下げても、習慣を安定して続けられますか。

KYOHL-doh oh sah-GAY-teh-moh, SHOO-kahn oh ahn-TEH-shee-teh tsoo-DZOO-keh-rah-reh-mahss kah. Could we lower the intensity and still keep the habit steady?
B

できます。毎回無理をするより、継続することのほうが大切です。

deh-KEE-mahss. my-KAI moo-REE oh soo-ROO yoh-ree, kay-ZOK-koo soo-ROO koh-toh noh HOH gah tie-SETS-oo dess. We can; consistency matters more than pushing every session.
A

完全にやめることになるより、ゆっくり進歩したいです。

kahn-ZEN nee yah-MEH-roo koh-toh nee nah-ROO yoh-ree, YOOK-koo-ree SHEEN-poh shee-TIE dess. I would rather progress slowly than end up stopping completely.
B

それなら、トレーニングを続けやすくなるはずです。

soh-REH nah-rah, toh-RAY-ning oh tsoo-DZOO-keh-YAH-soo-koo nah-ROO hah-zoo dess. That should make the training easier to sustain.

Word by Word

トレーニング トレーニング means training in this dialogue, specifically the physical training being discussed. It commonly combines with words such as 計画 and 量. You can use it when talking about an exercise routine or training program.
計画 計画 means plan here, referring to the planned training routine. In トレーニング計画, it identifies what has been planned for the training. Use it with a noun before it when naming a plan, such as a study or travel plan.
は は marks トレーニング計画 as the topic of the sentence. It sets up the topic before describing it as 大変です. Use it after the topic when giving information or a judgment about that topic.
大変 大変 means challenging or difficult here, describing the training plan as demanding. With です, 大変です gives a polite statement about the plan. Use it to describe a difficult situation, task, or condition.
です です makes the statement polite after 大変. In 大変ですが, it politely states that the plan is difficult before が introduces a contrasting point. Use it after a description when speaking politely.
が が connects the statement that the plan is difficult with the contrasting statement about recovery. Here it means but. Use it to join two ideas when the second idea contrasts with or qualifies the first.
最近 最近 means recently or lately and places the recovery problem in the recent period. It appears with 最近は to make the recent period the topic. Use it when describing something that has happened in the near past or continues around the present.
回復 回復 means recovery here, referring to recovering from training. 回復する forms the action of recovering. Use it when discussing recovery from exercise, illness, fatigue, or another condition.
する する means do in general, but in 回復する it contributes to the verb meaning recover. The noun 回復 becomes an action by combining with する. Use this pattern with suitable action nouns when describing an activity.
の の turns 回復する into the noun-like phrase 回復するの, meaning recovering or the act of recovering. In 回復するのが難しく, this phrase is what is described as difficult. Use の after a verb when treating an action as a topic or object.
難しく 難しく means in a difficult way or difficult in the state described here. It is the form used before なって, showing that recovery is becoming difficult. Use this form before a following expression that describes a change or connection.
なって なって shows a change into the state described by 難しく, so the sentence says that recovering has become difficult. It links that changing state to います in the continuing expression. Use it after a description when explaining that something becomes or comes to be that way.
います います completes the polite expression 難しくなっています, describing a difficult condition that currently continues. The form なっています presents the result of a change as an ongoing state. Use it for a condition that has developed and still applies now.
今 今 means now and refers to the current time or current circumstances. In 今のスケジュール, it modifies スケジュール to mean the schedule at present. Use it before a noun when specifying something current.
スケジュール スケジュール means schedule here, referring to the learner’s current available timetable. It appears in 今のスケジュール and is followed by に to show what the training volume is being considered in relation to. Use it when discussing available time or planned activities.
に に marks 今のスケジュール as the situation or reference point for judging the volume. In 今のスケジュールには, it means for or in relation to the current schedule. Use it after a reference point when saying that something is suitable, unsuitable, or excessive for it.
量 量 means amount or volume here, specifically the amount of training. In トレーニング量, it identifies how much training is done rather than the training activity itself. Use it after a noun when discussing the amount of that thing.
多すぎる 多すぎる means be too much or be too high here, describing the training volume as excessive for the schedule. It combines the idea of being much with すぎる, which marks an excessive degree. Use it after an amount or description when saying that something exceeds a suitable level.
かもしれません かもしれません expresses a polite possibility: the training volume may be too high for the current schedule. In this construction, かも presents the possibility, しれ contributes the idea of knowing, and ません completes the polite negative form; together they work as one expression meaning may or might. Use it after a statement when you want to present it as uncertain rather than definite.
セッション セッション means session here, referring to one planned period of training. It appears in セッションは and セッションを, where the particle shows its role in the sentence. Use it for one scheduled exercise, practice, or work period.
最後 最後 means the end or the final point here. In 最後まで, it identifies the endpoint up to which the sessions can be completed. Use it with まで when emphasizing completion through the final part.
まで まで means up to or until and marks 最後 as the endpoint. 最後までこなせます means being able to manage the sessions through the end. Use it after a time, place, or stage when setting an endpoint.
こなせます こなせます means can manage or can complete, referring to getting through the training sessions. It presents the speaker as capable of completing them even though the later effect is exhausting. Use it when saying that you can handle a task or amount of work.
その その points back to something already mentioned, here the sessions just completed. In その後, it identifies the time after that event. Use it before a noun when referring to a previously mentioned person, thing, or situation.
後 後 means after or afterward here, referring to the time following the sessions. Together with その, その後 means afterward in relation to the completed sessions. Use it after a noun or with a demonstrative when describing what happens later.
疲れ切った 疲れ切った means completely exhausted, describing the speaker’s condition after training. The form contains 疲れ and 切った, showing that the tiredness has reached its full extent. Use it when describing someone who has become thoroughly tired.
よう よう contributes the meaning of seeming or appearing in 疲れ切ったように感じます. The whole expression says that the speaker feels as if they are completely exhausted. Use ように before a verb such as 感じます when describing an impression or perceived state.
感じます 感じます means feel or sense here, describing the speaker’s impression of being completely exhausted. In 疲れ切ったように感じます, it expresses a subjective feeling rather than a direct statement of fact. Use it when reporting how something feels or seems to you.
を を marks the object of the action in 疲れ切ったように感じます. Here it identifies the feeling or impression being experienced. Use it after the noun or noun-like phrase that receives an action or sensation.
終える 終える means finish or complete, referring to completing the training sessions. In 終えること, it is turned into a noun-like action phrase for comparison with recovery. Use it when someone intentionally brings a task, activity, or period to an end.
こと こと turns 終える into the noun-like phrase 終えること, meaning completing the sessions or the act of finishing them. This phrase is compared with 回復 through と同じくらい. Use こと after a verb when referring to an action as a matter or activity.
と と links 終えること with the comparison expression 同じくらい. In 終えることと同じくらい, it marks the reference point for saying that recovery matters to the same degree. Use it in comparisons with 同じ or similar expressions.
同じ 同じ means same here and forms the comparison 同じくらい, meaning to the same extent. It compares the importance of recovery with the importance of completing the sessions. Use it before くらい when comparing degree or amount.
くらい くらい means to the extent or as much as here. In と同じくらい, it completes the comparison and says that recovery is equally important. Use it after a comparison point to express an approximate or equal degree.
も も means also or too here and adds recovery to the things that matter. It emphasizes that recovery matters in addition to completing the sessions. Use it after a noun or noun-like phrase when adding it to an existing statement.
大切 大切 means important here, describing recovery as something that should receive equal attention. 大切です is a polite way to state this evaluation. Use it when explaining that a person, action, or condition deserves care or priority.
強度 強度 means intensity here, specifically the intensity of the training. In 強度を下げて, it is the thing whose level is reduced. Use it when discussing how intense exercise, work, or another activity is.
下げて 下げて means lowering or reducing and connects the reduced intensity to the question about continuing the habit. In 強度を下げても, it means even if the intensity is lowered. Use this form to connect an action with a following result, condition, or concession.
習慣 習慣 means habit here, referring to the regular practice of training. In 習慣を安定して続けられますか, it is the habit that the speaker asks about continuing steadily. Use it for a repeated activity or established way of doing something.
安定 安定 means stability or steadiness here and describes the desired regular condition of the habit. It combines with して in 安定して to modify how the habit is continued. Use it when describing something that remains steady rather than changing greatly.
して して links 安定 with 続けられます, so 安定して続ける means continue in a steady way. Here it helps describe the manner or condition of continuing the habit. Use this form when connecting a noun-based state with a following action.
続けられます 続けられます means can continue or can keep up here, referring to maintaining the training habit. In 安定して続けられますか, it asks whether the habit can be maintained steadily. Use it when asking or stating that an activity can be continued.
か か marks the preceding statement as a question. In 続けられますか, it turns the question into a polite request for information about whether the habit can be continued. Use it at the end of a polite yes-or-no question.
できます できます means can or are able to here, answering the question about continuing the habit. It gives a short affirmative response: the proposed adjustment is possible. Use it to state ability or feasibility, often in response to a request or question.
毎回 毎回 means every time or every session here, referring to each training session without exception. In 毎回無理をする, it modifies the repeated action of overexerting oneself. Use it before an action when describing something that happens on every occasion.
無理 無理 means forcing oneself or overexertion here, not merely difficulty. In 毎回無理をする, it describes pushing beyond a reasonable level in every session. Use it when talking about doing something beyond what is practical or sustainable.
より より marks the option used as the comparison point in 毎回無理をするより. The sentence says that consistency matters more than forcing oneself every session. Use it after the less-preferred option in a comparison or choice.
継続 継続 means continuation or consistency here, referring to maintaining the training habit over time. 継続すること presents continuing as the action being valued. Use it when discussing sustained effort or keeping an activity going.
ほう ほう means the side or option in a comparison. In 継続することのほうが大切, it identifies continuing as the more important option compared with forcing every session. Use のほうが when saying that one option has a greater quality or importance.
完全 完全 means complete or entirely here and modifies に to show a complete state. In 完全にやめる, it emphasizes stopping altogether rather than merely reducing the activity. Use it before に when describing an action or change as complete.
やめる やめる means stop or quit here, referring to ending the training entirely. In やめることになる, it is the action that may ultimately happen. Use it when someone stops an activity, habit, or practice.
なる なる means become or end up here. In やめることになる, it describes reaching the outcome of stopping completely, rather than simply choosing to stop at that moment. Use it when an action or situation results in a particular outcome.
ゆっくり ゆっくり means slowly here, describing a gradual pace of progress. It modifies 進歩したい to show that the speaker prefers gradual improvement. Use it when describing an action done at a slow or unhurried pace.
進歩 進歩 means progress here, referring to improvement in training. In 進歩したい, it is the activity or result that the speaker wants. Use it when talking about moving forward or improving in a skill or activity.
したい したい expresses the desire to do the action named before it. In 進歩したい, it means want to make progress, and the speaker contrasts this preference with stopping completely. Use it after a verb stem when stating what you want to do.
それ それ refers to the situation just proposed: lowering intensity while keeping the habit steady and progressing slowly. In それなら, it introduces a conclusion based on that situation. Use it to point back to something already mentioned.
なら なら means if so or in that case here. それなら tells the listener that the following expectation follows from the proposed approach. Use it after a reference to a situation when drawing a conclusion or giving a response based on it.
続けやすく 続けやすく means easier to continue and describes the training as becoming more manageable to maintain. It combines 続ける with やすい and connects to なる in the expression 続けやすくなる. Use it when an activity becomes easy for someone to keep doing.
はず はず expresses an expectation based on the situation, so 続けやすくなるはずです means it should become easier to sustain. It presents the result as expected rather than absolutely certain. Use はずです when you have a reason to expect a particular outcome.

Grammar Points

〜ても

強度を下げても、習慣を継続することが大切です。

KYOHL-doh oh sah-GAY-teh-moh, SHOO-kahn oh kay-ZOK-koo soo-ROO koh-toh gah tie-SETS-oo dess.

Even if you lower the intensity, continuing the habit is important.

〜ても means “even if” or “although.” It introduces a condition that does not change the result.

〜たい

ゆっくり進歩したいです。

YOOK-koo-ree SHEEN-poh shee-TIE dess.

I want to make progress slowly.

〜たい expresses the speaker’s desire to do something. It attaches to the verb stem.

Japanese Vocabulary

こなす verb
koh-NAH-soo complete; manage a task こなせます
スケジュール noun
soo-KEH-joo-ROO schedule
セッション noun
SEH-shon session
その後 adv
soh-noh OH-toh afterward
トレーニング計画 noun
toh-RAY-ning kee-KAH-koo workout plan
トレーニング量 noun
toh-RAY-ning RYOH training volume
回復 noun
kai-FOO-koo recovery
回復する verb
kai-FOO-koo soo-ROO recover
最近 adv
sai-KIN recently; lately
多すぎる verb
oh-SOO-gee-roo be too much; be excessive
大変 adj
tie-HEN difficult; challenging
疲れ切る verb
tsu-kah-reh-KEE-roo become completely exhausted 疲れ切った

Quiz

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

training volume

Show Answerトレーニング量

session

Show Answerセッション

workout plan

Show Answerトレーニング計画

be too much; be excessive

Show Answer多すぎる