What is the real fitness beginner?

About two or three months ago, a small friend asked me this question in the background of the public number: what is the real fitness beginner?

Because the public number background message will be automatically cleaned up after five days, I can't exactly accurately reproduce the content of his question, I only remember that he probably meant: he has been practicing in the gym for a long time, the more he practiced, the more he felt he was a white man, the more he practiced, the more he felt that fitness involves too much knowledge and too wide, which makes him very confused, I don't know when he can really get started, and how to be considered as the real beginner.

This question instantly attracted me. You know, every day in the face of the background of more than N "Ran coach me how to thin stomach", "calves thick how to do", "how much you private lessons," this kind of consultation, so a good question! I'm not sure how exciting it is to have such a good question! However, after thinking for a long time, I realized that I was asked ......

The reason why this question is difficult to answer is that "fitness" is a very big concept. In today's public perception, when it comes to fitness, all that comes to mind is bodybuilding, and building a strong muscular body has become the hallmark of success in fitness. But in fact, there are many systems of fitness, including powerlifting, physical training, functional training, crossfit, etc. Bodybuilding is only one of them. From a broader point of view to understand, soccer basketball and other sports special, the old lady love square dance and tai chi, are also considered fitness.

In addition, the purpose of fitness is different for each person, some may only want a pair of thick pectoral muscles, some want to jump higher, run faster, some want to stretch the muscles and bones, adjust the body, and some want to lose weight effectively, which makes this question more difficult to answer.

However, to safely and effectively achieve different goals, at the basic level of fitness people need to go through the same process, in a nutshell: in the play of basic joint function and learn to control the core of the premise, accurately master the human body's several basic movement patterns (squatting, pushing, pulling, rotating, etc.), based on the foundation of the movement patterns, the initial development of the basic strength, and gradually advanced. This is a relatively scientific fitness development process, no matter what training system, almost need to go through this process.

I think that after going through this basic stage in its entirety and getting substantial gains, it's really the beginning of fitness.

There are a lot of people, especially girls, soak three or four years in the gym, always just use the treadmill elliptical, and then play a few sets of small dumbbells, never done multi-joint large muscle group exercise, which must be regarded as fitness white. I have trainees ran a lot of marathons, the results are also good, but just came to me, found that his joints are very stiff, poor coordination, it is difficult to reasonably mobilize all parts of the body, he is still a piece of white paper in my eyes, sports. I have also met extreme fitness enthusiasts, Russian jerk, human flag and other movements can be easily completed, but does not know how to do a standard deep squat, which of course does not count as a beginner. There are too many examples of this.

So, is mastering all sorts of fancy fitness games a start? How thick and strong are your muscles? Is being able to lift bigger weights a start? I think the standard is not so, for the masses, fitness is supposed to be an extremely basic thing, people's all sports goals, should be built on this foundation - standard movements and certain strength reserves.

For the general public, the purpose of our fitness is not how big the muscles are, how strong the strength is, or how thin the body is, nor is it the sole pursuit of a special performance, but to let each part of the body back to its original function. Speed, strength, endurance, agility, flexibility, coordinated development. The premise of this goal must be the control and mastery of all parts of the body, the ability to make standardized movements, based on standardized movements, and gradually strengthen the basic strength. With this path, the long-term development, naturally will reap the benefits of a beautiful form, but also more smoothly adapt to a variety of sports specialties, this process also allows people to understand more and more about their own bodies.

Of course, the most important thing is to change the mentality of the training process.

Fitness for many people, like a very like, but not yet started to fall in love with the girl. You know she's great and can bring a lot to the table, but you don't really have feelings for her. Even when you try to approach her and start being with her, you don't really fit in. Because she demands so much of you, you sometimes find it painfully hard to stick with her, and for a short time you don't gain any substantial happiness, but have to give more instead.

However, after a long time, you have found a way to get along with each other, and your feelings are slowly cultivated, you also appreciate her good, and found that she has changed for you. So, being with her became a very natural thing. You don't need to deliberately force yourself, she has been integrated into your life.

Yes, when you no longer need to insist and go to the gym naturally, you have truly stepped into her world, and that is the true introduction to fitness.