China News Service, Jinan, April 9 (Reporter Zhao Xiao) Spreading out a yoga mat, stretching her limbs and stretching her body, Song Fang, a white-collar worker in Jinan, started her weekend life with a set of yoga moves at home.
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.
"The epidemic will have ups and downs, 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 caused more fitness enthusiasts and people who are 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.
Zhu Xueqiang, an associate professor at Shandong Institute of Physical Education, often shoots fitness videos at home to popularize relevant sports knowledge online.
Photo courtesy of the interviewee
For Qiu Jinyu, a "post-95" college student who has been exercising at home all the year round, 10 jins of rice, heavy vegetables, etc. 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 resistance to disease and running endurance have also been improved."
The hot sale of home fitness equipment also verifies the popularity of home fitness from the side.
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 in many months.
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, Zhu Xueqiang, 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 to exercise in groups. Now, in order to reduce contact and gathering, home exercise based on family units 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 sports that can be done in the limited space, such as using small equipment such as yoga balls and elastic bands for strength training, the development of cardiopulmonary ability, and the Flexibility exercises to improve physical flexibility, etc.; or do squats, supine leg kicks, etc.
"Everyone's physical condition and athletic ability are different. It is recommended to choose an exercise program that suits you, step by step, and stick to it."
According to 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 the easiest and most effective way to relieve anxiety and other negative emotions. one of the methods.
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 keep exercising under the drive of interest. Remind and encourage each other by establishing WeChat groups and other means.
Some people will have negative thoughts such as "I can't do 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's "National Fitness Plan (2021-2025)" proposes 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 program, 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.
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