Five spring exercise myths: Don't exercise like crazy to exhaustion

The warming weather in spring stimulates people's enthusiasm for fitness , but there are many misunderstandings about fitness. Incorrect methods cannot help exercisers achieve their fitness goals, waste time , and may also affect the health of certain parts of the body. For example, it is easy to train the muscles in certain parts incorrectly, which will be difficult to improve later. At the same time, it may cause sports injuries and create a fear of fitness exercises.

●Misconception 1: Exercising madly on a whim and becoming exhausted

Expert comment: This is an extremely wrong way to exercise. Whether in terms of the endurance of muscles, organs, and internal organs, or in terms of the results of exercise, this kind of exercise will only have some negative effects, such as straining muscles, causing body aches, or causing fatigue due to excessive intensity. The key to exercise is persistence. You should set aside some time every day to do targeted exercises for different parts of your body. Over time, the body's coordination, cardiopulmonary function, and metabolism will be enhanced, and gradually developing good, moderate exercise habits can effectively prevent obesity and resist the attacks of various diseases.

●Misconception 2: You have to try every piece of equipment in the gym before you feel you have exercised.

Expert comment: This is a common mistake made by novices. Some people have developed a fear of going to the gym and are too scared to do so. In fact, even if you are a regular at the gym, there is no need to complete all the exercises on all the equipment in one workout. Firstly, you don’t have that much time. Secondly, if you insist on exercising when your body is tired, it will add burden to your body. Experts suggest that you tell your fitness trainer which part of your body you most want to exercise, and let him arrange appropriate exercise programs for you to gradually achieve your fitness goals.

●Misconception 3: Only exercising for three to five minutes without continuity

Expert comment: Many people make this mistake in their daily exercise. If an exercise does not exceed twenty minutes, it will not achieve the purpose of aerobic exercise. Aerobic exercise can help you get rid of the old and take in the new, so that oxygen can be fully supplied to the body's tissues and organs, thereby strengthening your physical fitness, especially the functions of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels, and improving your resistance to disease.

●Misconception 4: Ignoring warm-up exercises and doing the same exercises over and over again

Expert comment: Wang Tao said that warm-up exercises can significantly reduce the chance of sports injuries because they can improve the overall level of body function, such as increasing the lubrication of joints and raising body temperature. Generally, the gym recommends aerobic exercise as a warm-up exercise, which can be on a treadmill, elliptical machine, stair climbing machine, bicycle, etc., which can warm up the whole body. Anaerobic exercise often cannot play such a role. Doing the same exercise repeatedly can only exercise certain parts of the body, while other parts will not get corresponding exercise. It is difficult for the body to maintain balance, and it is difficult to achieve the best physical condition, and it may even cause sports injuries. Fitness enthusiasts should choose a variety of training, combining aerobic exercise with anaerobic exercise, so that all parts of the body can be exercised, thereby improving their physical fitness overall.

●Misconception 5: Going to the gym every day but not paying attention to recovery and rest after exercise

Expert comment: When doing fitness exercises, you should pay attention to arranging your time properly and maintaining a balance between relaxation and tension, so that your body can both be exercised and fully recovered. Therefore, the necessary rest during exercise cannot be ignored. Generally speaking, exercising four times a week is best. If you do high-intensity exercise, you will need more time to rest. Perform anaerobic exercise and vary your exercise routine every few weeks. When doing aerobic exercise, you should alternate between different types of aerobic exercise. Physical recovery also includes recovery after exercise, the purpose of which is to make the human body transition from a state of intense exercise to a state of rest, and to prevent physical exhaustion or discomfort after strenuous exercise. When the human body is exercising, various physiological functions are at high levels and the oxygen requirement is 15 times the usual amount. If the human body suddenly returns to a static state, the organs will become unbalanced and cause uncomfortable symptoms, the most common of which are dizziness, nausea, and vertigo. Because the physiological changes that occur in the body during exercise will not disappear immediately when the exercise stops, appropriate relaxation activities after exercise are beneficial to aerobic metabolism, restoring physical strength and eliminating fatigue.