<p>我鍛煉了胸肌。 I exercised my chest muscles.</p>
<p>肌 muscle(s)</p>
<p>我的 is kind of redundant here, since you cannot exercise someone else's chest muscles.</p>

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2023-08-15T07:30:20.720Z
"我的 is kind of redundant here, since you cannot exercise someone else's chest muscles" Strange that in English you just can't say, "Today I work / exercise chest"?
Wayne Cheah
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2023-08-15T18:30:41.297Z
Grammar in English works differently. The noun here needs an article (or something that works like an article). Hence, the chest, or my chest. Same thing in "I brush my teeth" In Chinese, it's 我刷牙 rather than *我刷我的牙。
monalisa
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2023-08-16T05:13:25.137Z
@WayneCheah a perfect example of how chinese is context based aka topic/comment structure while english isn't.  There are so many things in english that cannot be left off, even though they are obvious in context.  Probably the only time this kind of info can be actually left off in english consistently, is the "you" in commands--and that sure is a specific instance isn't it :)
zagrycha
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monalisa
<p>Today in the body-building studio I was working out my chest muscles.<br />
今天我在健身房锻炼胸肌。</p>
<p>Rocky Horror Picture Show: &quot;In just seven days I can make you a man!&quot;</p>

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Pedroski
<p>Exercise is 锻炼。</p>
<p>我锻炼了我的胸。</p>
<p>Is there a better way to express this ?</p>

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2023-08-15T00:48:06.227Z
"Today I worked my chest." = 今天我鍛煉了胸肌
Tang Ho
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2023-08-15T00:52:23.337Z
Oops, didn't see your comment until after I posted.
monalisa
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2023-08-15T01:38:57.210Z
No worry, I just copied from Google Translate
Tang Ho
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2023-08-18T07:50:49.720Z
In daily conversation we just say 炼胸. 我今天炼了胸, or 我今天炼的胸.
ElpieKay
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How to say : "Today I worked my chest."?
# How to say : "Today I worked my chest."?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-08-15)

Exercise is 锻炼。

我锻炼了我的胸。

Is there a better way to express this ?

**Tags:** vocabulary

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "Today I worked my chest." = 今天我鍛煉了胸肌  
> **username_2**: Oops, didn't see your comment until after I posted.  
> **username_1**: No worry, I just copied from Google Translate  
> **username_3**: In daily conversation we just say 炼胸. 我今天炼了胸, or 我今天炼的胸.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-08-15. Score: 3

我鍛煉了胸肌。 I exercised my chest muscles.

肌 muscle(s)

我的 is kind of redundant here, since you cannot exercise someone else's chest muscles.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: "我的 is kind of redundant here, since you cannot exercise someone else's chest muscles" Strange that in English you just can't say, "Today I work / exercise chest"?  
> **username_2**: Grammar in English works differently. The noun here needs an article (or something that works like an article). Hence, the chest, or my chest. Same thing in "I brush my teeth" In Chinese, it's 我刷牙 rather than *我刷我的牙。  
> **username_5**: @username_4 a perfect example of how chinese is context based aka topic/comment structure while english isn't.  There are so many things in english that cannot be left off, even though they are obvious in context.  Probably the only time this kind of info can be actually left off in english consistently, is the "you" in commands--and that sure is a specific instance isn't it :)  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2023-08-15. Score: 1

Today in the body-building studio I was working out my chest muscles.  
今天我在健身房锻炼胸肌。

Rocky Horror Picture Show: "In just seven days I can make you a man!"


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