China News Service, Jinan, April 9 (Reporter Zhao Xiao) Spreading out a yoga mat, stretching limbs, stretching body, Jinan white-collar Song Fang uses a set of yoga at home Action starts weekend life. Recently, in order to reduce the risk of the spread of the new crown epidemic, the Jinan gym has been temporarily closed. She used to go to the gym at least three times a week, but now she is gradually getting used to exercising at home.
“There will be ups and downs in the epidemic, but home exercise can be uninterrupted.” Song Fang said that when the epidemic situation is still tense, many fitness experts around her have joined the home fitness team like her.
The “2020 China Home Fitness Short Report” shows that the isolation and observation period of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has made more fitness enthusiasts and people eager to improve their immunity to pay attention to home fitness. According to 36 Krypton’s “2021 Youth Sports and Fitness Report”, over 40% of the “post-95s” and “post-00s” prefer to exercise at home.
Shandong Institute of Physical Education Associate Professor Zhu Xueqiang often shoots fitness videos at home to popularize relevant sports knowledge online. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
For Qiu Jinyu, a college student born in the 1995s who has been working out at home all year round, 10-jin packs of rice and heavy vegetables are his daily “fitness equipment”. In his view, home exercise is not affected by weather and environment, and can be done at home or in the dormitory using fragmented time anytime, anywhere. “Long-term persistence can eliminate study fatigue, and it also makes my whole person very energetic, and my body’s ability to resist disease and running endurance has also been improved.”
The hot sale of home fitness equipment also verifies the home from the side. Fitness hot. The reporter browsed the e-commerce platform and found that the sales volume of small fitness equipment such as dumbbells, elastic bands, and arm strength equipment exceeded 30,000 pieces per month. At the turn of spring and summer, many people also put weight loss and fat burning on their agenda, adding home treadmills, spinning bikes and other equipment to their shopping carts. In the live broadcast room, the anchor sells good fitness products while popularizing home exercise strategies.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Zhu Xueqiang, an associate professor of Shandong Institute of Physical Education, has continuously launched a series of home fitness courses online. In an interview with reporters, he said that the easiest and direct way to prevent and control the epidemic is to take active health and fitness. In response to the increasing number of chronically ill people, China proposed the concept of “active health” as early as 2015. “The spread and spread of the epidemic has made more people realize that active health is the easiest and easiest way to deal with changes in the spectrum of human diseases and prevent sudden virus attacks.”
“In the past, people used to go to the gym. Or outdoor venues for group fitness, and now in order to reduce contact and gathering, family-based fitness at home has gradually become a trend.” Zhu Xueqiang said that home fitness can not only strengthen the body, but also enrich home life, enhance parent-child communication, and be conducive to family harmony.
At present, sports departments across China are also vigorously advocating and promoting home fitness. The Sports Bureau of Jinan, Weifang and other cities in Shandong issued a proposal for scientific fitness at home and fighting against the epidemic; the Sports Bureau of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia publicly solicited videos to guide citizens to exercise at home, and successively received teaching videos of popular sports such as folk dance and basic martial arts skills. The General Administration of Sports of the People’s Republic of China issued a notice as early as 2020, encouraging local sports departments to introduce simple, scientific and effective home fitness methods based on local conditions.
Zhu Xueqiang believes that although the space for fitness at home is limited and some sports cannot be performed, there are still many exercises that can be done in the limited space, such as using small equipment such as yoga balls and elastic bands for strength training. Training, developing cardiorespiratory capacity, performing flexibility exercises, improving physical flexibility, etc.; or doing squats, supine leg kicks, etc. with bare hands. “Everyone’s physical condition and athletic ability are different. It is recommended to choose a sports program that suits you, step by step, and stick to it.”
In the view of Xu Zhao, Secretary of the Party Branch and Dean of the Graduate Education College of Shandong Institute of Physical Education , In the face of a sudden epidemic, people will inevitably have negative emotions such as anxiety and panic, and physical exercise is one of the easiest and most effective ways to relieve anxiety and other negative emotions. Regular and appropriate physical exercise at home has obvious effects on regulating negative emotions and improving mood state, avoiding anxiety and other negative emotions due to the epidemic, and at the same time helping people exercise their will, gain happiness and satisfaction, and maintain a positive and optimistic attitude towards life.
Talking about how people exercising at home can overcome the “three-minute” fever, Xu Zhao suggested that you can combine your own interests to learn some low-difficulty and easy-to-operate sports first, and insist on exercising under the drive of interest. At the same time, together with family members and friends, we can remind and encourage each other by establishing WeChat groups. Some people will have negative thoughts such as “I can’t do it well” and “I’m stupid” when exercising. For this, we should pay more attention to the exercise process and not to pay too much attention to the results of the exercise behavior. “Even if you don’t have exercise cells, don’t forget to encourage and praise yourself after every effort you make, so as to have the motivation to keep going.”
China National Fitness Program (2021-2025)” It is proposed that by 2025, the proportion of people who regularly participate in physical exercise will reach 38.5%. “In the future, with the in-depth implementation of the national fitness plan, home fitness that breaks the time and space constraints will become the choice of more fitness enthusiasts.” Zhu Xueqiang said that active fitness, such as wearing armor and maintaining a healthy lifestyle at home, should be Not just in the fight against the virus. (End)