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Narrator: Today's word is "workout" — a noun, pronounced /ˈwɜːk.aʊt/, with the stress on the first syllable, "work".
Narrator: A workout is a session of physical exercise, done to build fitness, strength, or health.
Narrator: In plain English, a workout is your exercise session — a run, a gym visit, or a set of stretches and lifts.
Narrator: It comes from the phrasal verb "to work out", meaning to exercise, which became the single noun "workout".
Narrator: As a noun it's one word; as the verb phrase "work out", it stays two words — a useful distinction to remember.
Narrator: The fitness sense grew in the twentieth century as gyms and exercise culture became popular worldwide.
Narrator: Note that "work out" also means to solve or figure something out — "work out the answer" — a quite separate use.
Narrator: In tone the fitness sense is casual, energetic, and motivating — a word full of effort and health.
Narrator: So remember: a workout is an exercise session — one word as a noun, two words when you "work out".
Speaker A: I had a brilliant workout this morning — feeling great for it.
Speaker B: A morning workout? Good on you. What did you do?
Speaker A: A quick run, then a strength workout at the gym.
Speaker B: That's the use — a workout is one exercise session.
Speaker A: Right. And as a noun it's one word, isn't it?
Speaker B: Yes — "a workout" is one word; "to work out" is two.
Speaker A: The mistake is writing "a work out" with a space.
Speaker B: Good point — keep the noun joined: "workout".
Speaker A: And "work out" can mean to solve something too, can't it?
Speaker B: True — "work out the bill" is a totally different meaning.
Speaker A: Close words? "Exercise" is general; "session" is any block of activity.
Speaker B: Exactly — a workout is specifically that exercise session.
Speaker B: Let's use "workout" as a clear keyword for building fitness and exercise apps with AI.
Speaker A: So "workout" tells the AI I'm building something fitness-related?
Speaker B: Exactly. For a tracker, you'd prompt:
Prompt: Build a workout tracker where users log each session by type, duration, and effort, with a clean list, a progress chart, and an energetic colour theme.
Speaker B: The word "workout" keeps the whole app focused on exercise sessions.
Speaker A: Handy. What about the data?
Speaker B: Here's a schema prompt:
Prompt: Design a database schema for workouts, storing exercises, sets, reps, and dates per user, with clear relations and indexes for fast weekly progress reports.
Speaker A: So every session is recorded. And a plan view?
Speaker B: Keep it motivating:
Prompt: Build a weekly workout planner where users drag sessions onto days, see total minutes, and tick off completed workouts, using a bold, energetic colour theme.
Speaker A: I like how motivating that is.
Speaker B: For a full build, stay minimal:
Prompt: Build a small fitness app focused on workouts: a home page, a workout list, and a single workout view with exercises, all under one energetic navigation bar.
Speaker A: Could it suggest a routine?
Speaker B: Yes:
Prompt: Add a feature that suggests a simple beginner workout for the week based on the user's goal, showing each session clearly with sets and rest times.
Speaker A: So "workout" keeps every prompt about exercise sessions.
Speaker B: Exactly — one energetic word that powers a whole fitness app.
Workout — meaning in Arabic & definition More W courses GL Dictionary