What are the fitness items in the gym

The programs that general gyms can participate in mainly cover aerobic fat burning, strength building, functional training, and special group classes. They can basically meet all the sports needs of novices to competition-preparing enthusiasts.

People who have just applied for a membership and entered the gym for the first time will most likely touch aerobic equipment such as treadmills and elliptical machines first. I once took a novice friend with a base weight of 180 kilograms. At first, he was afraid of hurting his knees while running and jumping, so he spent every day in the elliptical machine area, occasionally taking 20 minutes to row the machine. Under the premise of controlling the heart rate, he steadily lost 20 kilograms after practicing for two months. There is almost no threshold for this type of aerobic exercise, and you can just adjust the resistance and speed. It is especially friendly to novices.

When their physical fitness improves, many people will move to the strength area. The items in the strength area are not complicated. The threshold for barbells and dumbbells in the free weight area is slightly higher. You need to find the right feeling to exert force to avoid injury. The fixed equipment next to it has a much higher fault tolerance rate. The inverted pedal machine for leg training and the seated chest press for chest training all have fixed trajectories. Even if the force is not strong enough, it is difficult to cause problems. There was a girl who wanted to practice buttocks. At first, she was afraid that the barbell would press down on her waist and she did not dare to touch the free weights. So she first practiced on a hip abductor for half a month. After finding a sense of strength in her buttocks, she dared to go to the Smith frame and do hip thrusts. She made rapid progress.

If you feel that just lifting weights is too boring and want to improve your daily exercise performance, you can try the items in the functional training area. Throwing up battle ropes, hitting medicine balls on the ground, TRX hanging for core training, and the recently popular kettlebell swing. Last time I played boxing with a friend for 20 minutes, and I was more out of breath than running for 40 minutes. This kind of program can really improve coordination and core strength. For office workers who usually sit for a long time and have stiff waists, if they practice for half an hour two or three times a week, their backaches can be relieved a lot.

If you really don’t have the motivation to practice by yourself, many people choose to join the group class teacher to join in the atmosphere. There are more variety of group classes, classic spinning, yoga, and Pilates have been open for five or six years. In recent years, the popular Les Mills series, trampoline classes, Zumba, and boxing gymnastics are all packed. I just participated in a boxing gymnastics session last week. I followed the teacher while shouting slogans and punching throughout the whole process. Most of the stress from work has been relieved. However, there is a lot of controversy about group classes. Some people think that practicing together in a group creates an atmosphere, and you can persevere if you grit your teeth. Others feel that the rhythm follows the teacher and cannot be adjusted at any time according to your own physical fitness. If the movements are not in place, it is easy to get injured. Whether you choose it or not depends entirely on your own adaptability.

Nowadays, many larger gyms also provide customized personal training programs, such as post-operative rehabilitation training and special guidance for bodybuilding competition preparation. This area is even more controversial. Meeting a reliable personal trainer can indeed help you avoid half a year of detours, correct your movements and avoid sports injuries. However, there are also many gyms that have insufficient personal training qualifications and hard-sell the courses. The cost-effectiveness of the courses is extremely low. Whether you want to buy a class depends on your own needs and discernment.

Oh, by the way, the gym I often go to has two table tennis tables and a pool table in the corner. After stretching, many adults will come over and play ball for half an hour to relax. It is also a hidden leisure item in the gym.