Today’s Parola del giorno is a two-for with the expressions essere giù di forma and essere in forma, which mean to be out of shape and to be in shape, respectively.
You can replace essere with other verbs, as in our example below.
Here is today’s example:
Mentre scrivevo la tesi, sono andato giù di forma perché avevo rinunciato alla palestra e allo sport per finire la laurea. Ora ho voglia di tornare in forma per l’estate.
While I was writing my thesis, I got out of shape because I gave up the gym and sports to finish my degree. I now feel like getting back into shape for the summer.