Common misunderstandings about gym fitness

　　1. Belt for fitness running

　　Leather belts are used to help lifters stabilize their lumbar spine, but they are only used when lifting considerable weight or doing certain weight-bearing movements. When most people lift weights, they basically don’t need a belt. Some people even use a belt when running, because in their minds, using a belt makes it look like real exercise. In fact, if you use the belt indiscriminately, the muscles surrounding the lumbar spine will become "lazy" and weaken, losing its function as a "natural belt" to stabilize the lumbar spine.

　　2. Hold the handrail tightly on the treadmill

　　When running on a treadmill, many people hold the handrails with both hands. Running this way is indeed easier, but it consumes less calories than swinging your arms. Unless you are a first-time user, once you are familiar with using the treadmill, you should let go and let your arms swing freely.

　　3. Concentrate firepower on cellulite reduction

　　Many people mistakenly believe that concentrating on a certain part of the body to do exercises will definitely achieve the goal of "focusing weight loss", such as "crazy" sit-ups to reduce belly fat or lifting dumbbells to reduce upper arm fat. In fact, these exercises are designed to strengthen muscles such as abdominal muscles and upper arm muscles. They target muscles and cannot reduce the thick layer of fat on the abdomen or arms.

　　If you want to effectively lose fat, aerobic exercise is essential, and muscle-strengthening exercises (also called resistance training) must be done regularly because they can increase muscle mass. Once muscle mass increases, the metabolic rate will slowly increase, burning body fat faster.

　　In addition, exercise also requires concentration. Some people race against time and read documents even on the treadmill. For such people, "multitasking" will greatly reduce the effect of exercise. If they are not careful, they may fall off the treadmill and get injured.

　　4. Stretch and keep moving

　　When doing stretching exercises (also known as stretching), such as side bending, you should hold the bend for about 20 to 30 seconds, and then return to the original position. Instead of constantly moving, bend down for less than 1 second and then return to the original position. Repeat this more than 10 times.； Continuous movement while stretching can easily strain muscles and bone tissue.

　　5. Wearing the wrong shoes provides insufficient protection.

　　The shoes mentioned here especially refer to the shoes worn when doing exercises in the gym. What are appropriate shoes? Sports shoes are of course the first choice. Even if the equipment falls on your feet, it will not cause serious damage. The air-cushion running shoes highly recommended by some brands are only suitable for daily walking or jogging, and are not suitable for people who exercise in the gym.

　　99 warm reminder from enthusiastic doctors, Only by understanding the misunderstandings of fitness can you find ways to avoid them, improve your metabolism, and make your exercise Get twice the result with half the effort and avoid fitness fatigue.