The myth of ＂heart-stabbing＂ gym： How many times have you been there since you got the card？

　　Beijing, Jan. 23 (Yu Wang): "Swimming, fitness, find out." I don’t know when, you can always hear such a voice at street intersections. Behind it, in addition to countless gyms springing up like mushrooms after rain in recent years, it also reflects the rise of the national fitness boom. However, correspondingly, although more and more people walk into the gym, it is more common to give up halfway. Why on earth is this happening?

　　According to the White Paper on Fitness Industry in China in 2016-2017 published by relevant institutions, the fitness population in China has increased at an average annual rate of 10% in recent years, and the awareness of national fitness has become stronger and stronger. Fitness has gradually become one of the public’s concerns at present and in the future, and national fitness has become a trend.

　　At the same time, the gym has become the choice of more people with fitness needs. According to the Report on Market Demand Forecast and Investment Prospect of Gym Industry in China from 2017 to 2022 released by Zhiyan Consulting, the size of China’s gym market will approach 90 billion in 2017, and it is expected to maintain a compound annual growth rate of 12% in the next five years, reaching 123 billion yuan in 2020. In addition, according to statistics, there are currently 37,627 gymnasiums in China, the number of which has surpassed that of the United States.

　　Why do gyms get more and more people’s favor? Some experts said: On the one hand, gyms provide rich equipment to meet the needs of different groups of people, and can provide different choices for different body parts that need exercise; On the other hand, commercial gyms are generally equipped with professional coaches for guidance. While enhancing physical fitness, you can gain a good figure and get the maximum effect in limited leisure time, which is in line with the pain points of the current urban population.

　　However, when people apply for a fitness card at a high price after careful choice, how to develop the habit of continuous fitness has become an oncoming problem for many newcomers in the gym. In the face of day-to-day exercise, strict diet control, laziness or even giving up has become a common phenomenon of this group of people. Some insiders revealed to the reporter of Zhongxin. com: "At present, 70% members of the gym can’t develop the habit of continuous fitness."

　　Wang Qian, who works in Beijing, is one of these 70%. A year ago, she was attracted by the gym leaflets distributed downstairs by the company, and she applied for a fitness year card not far from the company. However, after insisting on going there several times, Wang Qian found that fitness was something that she found hard to accept. "The process of fitness is very boring and tiring, and it has a high control over diet."

　　Wang Qian, a company project, has been very busy for a month, and she finds it hard to summon up the courage to go into the gym. Every time after work, Wang Qian will rush through the gym, and in her spare time, she will find various reasons to convince herself. Over time, Wang Qian completely lost interest in the gym.

　　Wang Qian told reporters that if she hadn’t tidied up her purse some time ago, she would have forgotten that she had ever had a fitness card. As for why she wanted to go to the gym at the beginning, she had already thrown it away, so without any hesitation, she threw this fitness card into the depths of the drawer.

　　Although friends around me mentioned this matter, they all felt sorry for her money hitting Shui Piao, but Wang Qian, who has always claimed to be a "Buddhist youth", said: "Why do you have to embarrass yourself and do things you don’t want to do?" After the fitness card expired, she naturally did not choose to renew it.

　　As the owner of a gym with thousands of people in Beijing, Qiao Liang believes that the reason why many people give up is that their beliefs are not firm enough. "In fact, fitness will not only bring about qualitative changes to the body, but also temper the mind." He said, "To be able to walk into the gym and stick to it, this person’s will and mentality must be very good. Relatively speaking, if he can’t stick to it, there are impetuous factors in it, except subconsciously."

　　Qiao Liang revealed that according to statistics, the annual renewal rate of the gym he runs is less than 20%. Apart from factors such as changes in the living environment of members, this data also reflects that there are still many people who lack long-term fitness plans. "The number of people who can persist in one year is even less." Qiao Liang said that this situation is widespread in Beijing.

　　To measure whether a gym is professional, besides the number and types of equipment and the variety of courses, the professionalism of fitness instructors is also the most important thing to inspect. Undeniably, the fitness instructor not only plays a multiplier role for the bodybuilders, but also provides them with the function of accompanying and supervising. There are also more than one bodybuilder who told reporters that their ability to keep exercising has a lot to do with the fitness coach.

　　"Fitness is to eat better things." Yang Jing said that what the coach said to her on the first day of fitness became the biggest motivation for her to grit her teeth and enter the gym every day.

　　As a new media editor, Yang Jing, who graduated only two years ago, not only developed the habit of sedentary due to work, but also "swelled up" at a speed visible to the naked eye. "My salary has not risen much, but my weight has risen a lot. Every time I go home on holiday, my family will sigh that I am fat again."

　　At the same time, knowing that she doesn’t have strong enough perseverance, whenever she makes up her mind to step into the gym, how to stick to it has repeatedly become the main reason why she flinches before "getting a foot in the door". Finally, six months ago, following the advice of a friend, Yang Jing got his first fitness card and hired a personal trainer.

　　But in the first class, the strictness of the coach made Yang Jing, who didn’t like sports since childhood, suffer enough. It never occurred to her that a coach who usually looks polite can almost be described as "heartless" in every class. "There are 20 opening jumps in each group, and I have to do four groups. I have no strength when I sit in the third group, but the coach will only let me rest for a while and then finish the rest." Yang Jing said that "being lazy" became a forbidden area that she couldn’t reach in the gym.

　　High-intensity training courses often make Yang Jing ache all over the next day and can hardly get out of bed. But what made her collapse even more was that when she told the coach about this and hoped that the coach could reduce the workload of the next training as appropriate, all she got was "just practice more." So she had to bite the bullet and walk into the gym again as planned.

　　Nevertheless, Yang Jing has to admit that the existence of the coach has benefited him a lot. "If there is no coach, I can’t complete these movements at all, and I may give up halfway." Yang Jing said frankly that the coach’s company and encouragement can eliminate her fatigue and boredom during exercise.

　　At the same time, the coach also told Yang Jing to write down her progress and the whole fitness process, because it can give you a sense of accomplishment, and help you understand how far and how fast she ran or walked, how much calories she burned, and how much progress she made. Use these to challenge herself and set new goals.

　　Today’s Yang Jing will consciously go to the gym to exercise even if there is no coach’s supervision. "Sometimes I don’t go to the gym for a few days, and I always feel uncomfortable without anything." After every party, Yang Jing would go to the gym for a run and sweat, which she said would reduce her "guilt".

　　On the question-and-answer platform of Zhihu, one question asked, "How do you stick to fitness after you get a fitness card?" The Q&A has been read by nearly 500,000 people and caused extensive discussion. Some netizens said, "If it’s so painful to insist, don’t go." Some netizens also said: "I have gained attitude and courage to face life from fitness. So I insist and hope that I will pursue it to the end. " "It is worthwhile to plan ahead for health, no matter how difficult it is."

　　Some people think that the gym exists to meet those who need to exercise but have no equipment and suitable environment, so they should become a bodybuilder first, and then they will become a bodybuilder who needs a gym. Qiao Liang is deeply impressed by this.

　　He believes that bodybuilders should change their cognition from "I have to go to the gym" to "I want to go to the gym". The key to "insisting on going to the gym" is not whether to go to the gym or not, but whether you think it is important to improve your physical fitness from the bottom of your heart and actively adopt different training methods to strengthen yourself. "

　　Five years ago, when Jia Xuan first stepped into the gym, he was shocked by the intense atmosphere in front of him and countless muscular bodybuilders. Since he was weak, he also hoped to become healthier through fitness.

　　In order to avoid exercising aimlessly in the gym like a headless fly, he made a rigorous fitness plan for himself from the first day and approved it every 4-6 weeks. "The information is all found online, and setting a plan and goal can help me stick to it better."

　　Jia Xuan believes that it is also very important to have a "comrade-in-arms" who fights side by side during the fitness process. "Going to fitness with friends will help to better implement the fitness plan and support and encourage each other." Jia Xuan said, "There will be situations where friends compete secretly, but this is also a competition with themselves. Over time, they have developed the habit of continuous breakthrough."

　　What impressed Jia Xuan most was that the gym at that time was not large, and when there were many people, there would be many people queuing to use one equipment. When he lamented that there were so many people, an "old gun" in the gym told him, "Nothing, you will never see most people again in a few weeks." Sure enough, most of them went every other day to every three days, then every five days, and never showed up again.

　　"I don’t think that the so-called insistence on going to the gym and running can really bring me a sense of superiority or enhance my attractiveness. For me, when the novelty of fitness fades, it is more a lifestyle and habit that is naturally formed for health." Jia Wei said. (At the request of the interviewee, some characters in the text are pseudonyms) (End)