What are the introductory fitness courses for beginners

For pure fitness novices, the most worthwhile introductory classes to arrange first are motor function screening classes, basic movement pattern classes, and low-load strength introductory classes. The remaining internet celebrity group classes and special interest classes must be fully understood before taking them.

I have been practicing for almost 6 years, and I have also been a part-time assistant in the gym for half a year. I have seen too many novices rushing to high-fat-burning battle ropes, spinning bikes, and trampoline classes. Last month, I met a sophomore who had just entered college. My child, after practicing spinning for a week, had knee pain that made it difficult for him to go down the stairs. He went to the hospital to find out that he had patellar tendinitis. It was because the problem of his knees buckling in when squatting was not corrected. When he was riding, he had to grind his joints all the time. Isn’t this pure suffering?

Of course, many people on the Internet now say that there is no need for newbies to buy courses and they can just follow the free videos to practice. This is indeed not wrong. I also have friends who are born with strong motion perception. They can master the movements after practicing with the instructional videos for two months. , there is no problem, but it would be good to have one out of ten people like this. Most ordinary people can't even notice whether their chest is included or their knees are hyperextended when doing movements. Practicing blindly is just trial and error with the body. The cost of trial and error is much more expensive than a few introductory classes.

To be honest, these basic courses are like learning to write by practicing horizontal and vertical strokes first. You can’t even write horizontally straight, and then you want to write cursive. What you write in the end will look completely different, and it is easy to ruin your writing habits. To put it bluntly, the motor function screening course is to first conduct a "physical examination" of your athletic ability to see if you have any natural or acquired problems such as leg length, amnesia of gluteal muscles, and limited shoulder flexion range of motion. This can help you avoid pitfalls in advance when you practice later; the basic movement pattern class is to clarify for you the basic movements of squatting, pushing, pulling, and hinges that are indispensable for all sports, ensuring that you When practicing, the target muscle is to develop force, not joint compensation; the low-load strength introductory class will lead you to practice these movements with small weights, or even with bare hands, and find the feeling of muscle exertion. Once you understand these, whether you want to increase muscle to hit the strength zone, or want to lose fat and go to group classes, or even want to practice boxing, Pilates and other specialties, you can get started very quickly, and you are not easy to get injured.

If your goal of fitness is to adjust the rounded shoulders, hunched back, forward head and other problems caused by sitting for a long time, it is also very practical to add a basic posture adjustment class to get started. I have met a girl who works in new media before. She sits for 10 hours a day to edit videos. Her shoulders and neck hurt so much that it is useless to apply plasters. She took 5 basic posture classes. You know how to lower your shoulders and tighten your core when you are sitting in the office, and most of your shoulder and neck pain has been relieved in less than two weeks. If you just want to find some exercise to pass the time, and have no strong desire to gain muscle and lose fat, then it is perfectly fine to take a basic hatha yoga or brisk walking aerobic class after taking the basic class. You don’t have to force yourself to take high-intensity classes and suffer.

In a word, novices should not focus on fancy labels such as "fat burning efficiency" and "Internet celebrity hits" when choosing courses. It is better to understand their own foundation and needs first.