Outdoor Classroom: Dangerous Exercise Habits That Are Easily Ignored

Choose projects that are beyond your capabilities. Young people generally like sports that involve intense confrontation and large-scale movements, or pursue new, strange and weird sports, such as squash, skateboarding, and fancy cycling. These programs are not suitable for elderly people.

No proper sports equipment

You should wear jogging shoes for jogging, tennis shoes for playing tennis, and it is best to wear basketball shoes for playing basketball. Compared with ordinary sports shoes, professional basketball shoes have thicker soles and higher uppers, which can reduce the risk of lower limb injuries.

Wearing jewelry during exercise

Many people imitate sports stars by wearing jewelry when exercising, but this is actually dangerous. Researchers pointed out that after a finger is injured, it will swell and make it impossible to remove the ring. Doctors may even have to amputate the finger to save the patient.

Do not check the venue and equipment before starting to exercise

Many people pay attention to the rackets and balls before exercising, but do not pay much attention to the sports venues and equipment. The fitness equipment in the community is often in disrepair, broken and defective. If you are not careful, accidents such as bumps, scratches, and smashes may occur.

Not warming up before exercise

Jogging or exercising for 5 minutes before exercise can effectively mobilize the joints, bones, and muscles of the whole body. For example, when skiing, many people fail to warm up properly beforehand and rush to start when their limbs and joints are stiff, which causes them to fall and injure their knees and ankles.

Lack of concentration during exercise

Some gyms' fitness equipment and treadmills are equipped with music, television, etc. to prevent fitness enthusiasts from feeling bored during exercise. But if you focus too much on TV or music and ignore your feet, you are in danger of falling. Some friends wear headphones to listen to music while jogging outdoors. It looks cool and fashionable, but they cannot hear other sounds on the road, which is actually very dangerous.

Do not drink water during exercise, and drink enough water all at once after exercise: Some fitness enthusiasts are so excited during exercise that they sweat profusely and have no time to drink water. They only feel thirsty when the exercise is over, so they drink a lot of water. This is a very bad habit. Drinking a large amount of water at once when you feel thirsty may lead to hypotonic dehydration, commonly known as "water intoxication." The correct approach is to drink small amounts of water multiple times before, during, and after exercise.