China News Service, Chengdu, February 21 (Reporter He Shaoqing) "Not everyone can become Jia Ling, but everyone can find a better version of themselves through exercise." On the morning of the 21st, Chengdu fitness coach Shi Yutong used movies in the cycling classroom The story of "Hot and Hot" inspired the students who were sweating profusely in the audience. Xiling Snow Mountain, which is more than 100 kilometers away, is also "boiling with hot snow". Many tourists drive snowmobiles and snow kayaks to "fly through life" in Du Fu's "Qianqiu Snow".
From New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Shi Yutong teaches more than two group classes every day. Photo provided by interviewee
In the New Year of the Year of the Dragon, the movies "Hot and Furious" and "Flying Life 2" continue to lead the box office. The two sports-themed movies have ignited the Chinese people's enthusiasm for fancy sports to celebrate the New Year. The 14th National Winter Games (referred to as "Fourteenth Winter"), Guizhou "Village BA", Zhejiang local "Village Games" and other famous and folk competitions are held intensively in the New Year, which has swept the country's national fitness craze. Add another fire.
Recently, Chengdu citizens moved to celebrate the New Year. Photo courtesy of Chengdu Sports Bureau
From New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Shi Yutong teaches more than two group classes every day. "The classmates in the audience are not all locals from Sichuan, but also tourists. I even met fitness coaches from Beijing and Shanghai to exercise." Talking about the craze for sports during this year's Spring Festival, Shi Yutong bluntly said that "exceeded expectations" - some during the off-peak hours in the morning Group classes are often full and there are even queues several days in advance.
"Come to the gym to burn calories and make the 'three kilograms of weight' during the holidays a thing of the past." Sun Xiaomei, a Chengdu citizen, said that she was inspired by Jia Ling's "losing 100 kilograms" and took three fat-burning fighting classes in a row before she even left the cinema. . "It's good to be able to get in shape through exercise, but even if I don't lose weight, if I can step out of my comfort zone and grow every time I punch, I have already 'won once'."
On the evening of the 19th, a 24-hour gym in Chengdu became extremely popular. Photo by reporter Zhang Lang
The fat-burning fighting class that Sun Xiaomei chose is an aerobic class that combines boxing, taekwondo, Brazilian war dance, Chinese martial arts and other fighting themes within 60 minutes. TRX full-body resistance training, health-preserving Baduanjin, snow balance bikes for children... In recent years, in addition to strength training with fixed equipment, aerobic fat loss on treadmills and elliptical machines, more and more special projects are being added to the Chinese people's diet In the "Fitness Menu", it has become a new choice for New Year's fitness.
According to Wang Bin, head of Chengdu regional operations of "Super Orangutan" gym, as living standards improve, Chinese people's fitness needs are becoming increasingly diversified, and businesses need to keenly grasp the new trend of sports consumption. In the New Year of the Year of the Dragon, the gym's two niche classes, Animal Flow and Medicine Ball, are extremely popular. The former is practiced by Jia Ling in "Hot and Spicy", while the latter combines elements of popular ice and snow sports.
On the evening of February 3, the national cultural performance of the 2024 National "Village Evening" demonstration event and one of Guizhou's "Village Super Village Evening" series of activities was held at the "Village Super" football field in Rongjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province Held, the exhibition is divided into four chapters: "Folk Customs Exhibition of New Looks", "Country Football Super Happy", "Guishi Mountains and Waters Welcoming Distinguished Guests", and "Dragon's Prosperity Celebrating Harvest Years". The picture shows the football exercise "My Football Dream". Photo by reporter Qu Honglun
Behind people's fancy sports to celebrate the New Year is the confidence brought by the continuous improvement of fitness conditions. This year’s Spring Festival holiday, Chengdu alone has 43 public sports venues open to the public for free and low fees, and 14 ice and snow operating units hold ice and snow activities to benefit the people. Dryland ski resorts, sports farmhouses, automobile and motorcycle sports camps, and community fitness squares have become Spring Festival sports Popular new consumption scenarios.
Using sports as a medium to make the New Year more flavorful, many places in China have held lively sports activities to welcome the New Year. The General Administration of Sports of China has launched a national fitness New Year celebration for the first time. More than 4,000 events, including the New Year Ice and Snow Carnival and the Rural New Year Games, run throughout the Spring Festival holiday, with more than 10 million direct participants.
Li Kaiwen, team leader of the Chengdu Sports Promotion and Health Service Center (Western District), said that after the Spring Festival, the temperature gradually rises, which is a good time for exercise. This year, many people hope to achieve post-holiday fat loss through exercise, but rapid weight loss is not advisable. It is recommended to control the weight loss rate at about 1 to 2 pounds per week, and adopt resistance, aerobic, and flexibility measures. combined training methods.
According to Liu Wei, dean of the Tianfu International Sports Events Research Institute of Chengdu Institute of Physical Education and president of the Sichuan Sports Industry-Academic-Research Promotion Association, in the New Year of the Dragon, sports consumption will appear in meeting people's diversified needs for health, social interaction, entertainment, and spirituality. The vigorous vitality is due to the promotion of famous and civilian competitions such as the "14th Winter" and "Village BA", the promotion of the integration of culture, sports and tourism, and the continuous expansion of the scale and optimization of the structure of China's sports industry in recent years. In the future, as new sports consumption models and new business formats continue to emerge, the way Chinese people exercise during the New Year will be more diversified and innovative, injecting new vitality into national fitness. (over)