This past week I met up with a new conversation partner because my old one traveled back to Kuwait. My new conversation partner is from Brazil, he is here on a student/research scholarship from his university and is very outgoing and eager to learn English.
I met him through a mutual friend some months ago while at the International Coffee hour at the Center of Global Engagement. We got to know each other there and I found out that he has a younger sister back home in Brazil and that he is majoring in chemistry as well.
We decided to work out that day and we met at the leach center. It was Monday so obviously it was "chest day." Our regiment was high weights starting with bench presses, inclined press, pectoral fly, lat pulldown and bicep and tricep workouts.
As we worked out, we engaged in a lot of simple conversations in regards to health and wellness along with weight training. He asked me about cross fit and we talked about fitness competitions and maybe one day opening up a gym of our own.
It was an awesome way to end the day! His English pronunciation improved and we worked out more than a sweat.
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