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gymnastique douce

English translation: gentle exercise

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French term or phrase:gymnastique douce
English translation:gentle exercise
Entered by: MoiraB

09:31 Oct 11, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
French term or phrase: gymnastique douce
Target audience: pregnant women in the USA, this document provides advice about recommended exercise/sports during pregnancy.

Les bienfaits de la gymnastique douce
Pendant la grossesse, vous pouvez faire de la gymnastique douce, il vaut mieux faire des séances de 20 minutes, deux à trois fois par semaine plutôt qu'une heure d'affilée. N'oubliez pas de vous échauffer avant de commencer vos exercices. En effet, les ligaments ont tendance à se relâcher pendant la grossesse.

R&C suggests "Callanetics" and linguee suggests "soft gymnastics" which hasn't really convinced me... I think that using "gymnastics" in this context is quite misleading, possibly dangerous! GDT says "anti-exercise", which is a possibility but I might need to explain it...

Actually, it appears that in French, this term encompasses yoga, tai-chi, pilates, etc so nothing to do with what I would qualify as gymnastics.

Do we have a catch-all term in English that would encompass all these sports?

So far my best attempt: Low-impact exercise such as yoga, pilates...

Any better ideas?
Lori Cirefice
France
Local time: 01:51
gentle exercise
Explanation:
or low-impact exercise, as you suggest. Callanetics sounds too specific.
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MoiraB
France
Local time: 01:51
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7gentle exercise
MoiraB
4 +1light workout
Katarina Peters


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
gentle exercise


Explanation:
or low-impact exercise, as you suggest. Callanetics sounds too specific.

MoiraB
France
Local time: 01:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: 'gentle exercise' — I too thought of low-impact, but even that is probably too specific; it's possible to have 'low-impact' exercise that is still too strenuous for a pregnant lady.
4 mins
  -> Thanks, Tony. You're right: low-impact is only a relative concept!
agree  Philippa Smith: Exactly what I was about to suggest!
13 mins
  -> Thanks, Philippa
agree  James A. Walsh
24 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Karin Dusabe: Yes that's it
33 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Jennifer White
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
agree  Gregory Lassale: There is such a thing as soft and hard martial arts, so I don't think a solution using the word "soft" would be bad. Also: https://www.amazon.com/Soft-Exercise-Complete-Stretching-Scr...
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Gregory. Most of the hits for soft exercise seem to be be either for the stretching book you mention or exercise with a soft ball
agree  Domini Lucas
2 days 18 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
light workout


Explanation:
another suggestion

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 19:51
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yolanda Broad
11 hrs
  -> Thank you, Yolanda :)
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