Popular fitness items for women

Strength training that combines body shaping and functionality, low-impact aerobics with a low threshold and easy persistence, and physical and mental integration exercises that meet the needs of repair and decompression at the same time. There are no mysterious gimmicks. The core is "not suffering, seeing results, and providing emotional value."

In the past two years, the free weights area was basically the domain of boys. Now you can enter any commercial gym and you will find at least 30% of girls doing shoulder exercises with dumbbells and squatting with kettlebells. In some peak periods, there are even more girls than boys. I worked with an Internet operation girl before. When she had a lumbar prolapse, she had to use a waist support even when taking a taxi to and from get off work. She practiced deadlifting with a coach for half a year. Now she can pull a 40kg weight very steadily. She has not had a lumbar prolapse for half a year. When she wears a tight skirt, the line of her lower back and the female colleagues in the department have to ask about her training plan. Of course, the controversy has never stopped. Her mother is still saying in the video that she "has become so big and round that she doesn't look like a girl." There are always arguments on the Internet that girls will lose their "femininity" when they practice strength. But anyone who has actually practiced it knows that the amount of training will destroy the body. Her fat body and fake crotch are wide and tight, and she is far from the "muscular woman" in everyone's impression - after all, girls' natural testosterone levels are only one-twentieth of men's. If you want to build obvious muscles, the effort you put in is no less than getting a 985 exam. Nowadays, many girls show off their fitness results and have long stopped taking pictures of the numbers on the scale. Instead, they show off their deadlift PRs and hip thrust weights, which are much more real.

Not everyone can endure the hardship of lifting weights. Many people's first request for fitness is "Don't make me cringe when I think about exercising." The popularity of low-impact aerobics in the past two years has been completely promoted by this group of girls who are "afraid of being tired but want to move." Whether it’s Zumba classes in shopping malls, spinning bikes that fill the atmosphere, or urban cycling or indoor bungee jumping that have become popular recently, the common feature is that there is no threshold. Even if you have poor coordination and weak physical fitness, you can break a sweat after jumping for half an hour, and it is not so easy to hurt your knees. Several girls in my circle of friends used to have gym memberships and could not go there three times a year. Now they form a team and ride 30 kilometers around Chang'an Avenue every Saturday. They take pictures of magnolia flowers and buy ice cream on the roadside. The "efficiency party" in the fitness circle always complains that this kind of program has low fat burning efficiency. The calories consumed by practicing for one hour are not worth a piece of mousse cake. However, the logic of the supporters is also very tenable: If I am tired after practicing twice, I will never do it again. What's the use of being more efficient? Walking after meals for three years is more effective than deadlifting heavy weights for three days.

There is another type of project that is a bit more popular than many people expected. It is the body-mind integration exercise that everyone thought was only done by "health party" in the past, such as Pilates, Yin yoga, Vipassana flow, and even static stretching classes combined with singing bowls. Nowadays, weekend classes in popular venues have to be booked three or four days in advance. Many people think this is an IQ tax. To put it bluntly, it means stretching your arms and legs. Why would you charge three or four hundred for a private lesson? But anyone who really needs it knows how useful it is. After my best friend gave birth to a child, her rectus abdominis separated her two fingers. She practiced Pilates with a coach for three months and then took it back. It is much more reliable than the repair cream she bought that cost several thousand yuan before. I also have a friend who is a designer. He works on plans until the early hours of the morning every day. He used to be sluggish and tired after get off work, watching short videos. Now he goes to yin yoga twice a week. He said that when he practices, he doesn’t have to think about KPIs or revisions. His mind is completely free, and his anxiety has been reduced by more than half. Of course, many people say that you can practice this type of movement at home by following the video. This is true, but the premise is that you can find the right sense of force. Otherwise, if you practice the wrong core and fail to tighten it, your waist will collapse. At that time, the cost of medical treatment will be much more than a few private training classes.

When I went to a Pilates class yesterday, the girl next to me had just finished a Zumba class. She was sweating and changed her yoga mat. She said that she would dance hard today and then stretch, just to make up for the soreness of her back from the previous two days. You see, there are no "must-practice" fitness items for women. Popularity will always be popular. You don't need to follow other people's rhythm. If you practice happily and can persist for a long time, it is better than anything else.