What are the introductory fitness training courses for beginners

The most worthwhile course for newbies to get started with fitness does not need to be fancy Internet celebrity models. The core ones should be chosen based on the three principles of "no injury, persistence, and results." The first thing to arrange is a movement pattern correction class. After passing the movements, you can take a low-intensity full-body circuit class. If you have clear special needs, plus an introductory class in the corresponding direction is enough.

I used to take care of a young girl who had just started working. She had just applied for a fitness card and followed the trend to grab a monthly pass for the fat-burning exercises of an Internet celebrity. After two classes, her knees hurt so much that she could not even climb the exit stairs of the subway. She went to the hospital to find out that the patella joint was slightly worn because she had a congenital knee buckle. She jumped repeatedly without correcting her movements, which caused inflammation in the joints. Nowadays, many people on the Internet say that movement correction classes are an IQ tax, and you can learn them by watching free videos. This is actually not wrong. I know a friend with a background in physical education. After three weeks of watching movements in slow motion videos, the standard of squats and deadlifts is better than many people who have taken ten private lessons. Ordinary people are still taller, but if you can’t tell whether your waist has collapsed or whether your knees have buckled inward while doing squats in front of the mirror, then spending three or four classes with a reliable coach to figure out the force logic of basic movements is really much more cost-effective than spending half a year practicing blindly and getting injured and then going to the hospital.

When your movements are almost the same, and when you do forceful movements, you will not feel joint pain first but soreness in the target muscles, you can arrange low-intensity whole-body circulation classes, entry-level strength circuits, light weight kettlebell classes, or even slow-paced Zumba and aerobics. Don’t rush into "Sweat-burning fat-burning HIIT" or "Special training class to lose 10 pounds in 7 days" as soon as you start, just to make yourself suffer. There used to be a 180-pound young man in the community who was eager to lose weight for wedding photos. He signed up for a monthly HIIT class as soon as he applied for the card. He squatted on the edge of the class and vomited before half the class was finished, and almost fainted from hypoglycemia. Later, he honestly started practicing low-intensity full-body circulation for 30 minutes each time, three times a week, and steadily lost 20 pounds in two months. There was no problem with his knees or waist.

Oh, by the way, if you have a clear training goal from the beginning, for example, if you want to practice yoga to improve your rounded shoulders and hunchback, boxing to relieve stress, or you want to roll iron to build muscle and build lines, then you can just choose the corresponding special basic class. For example, take the Iyengar basic class first to lay the foundation for alignment, and for boxing, first learn the logic of standing postures and punching force. To build muscle, you need to understand the essentials of the three major movements first, and you don’t have to follow other people’s paths. Nowadays, there is always a debate in the fitness circle about whether newbies should train the whole body or differentiation first. In fact, there is really no need to argue about right and wrong. If you can only squeeze out 1-2 training times a week, then the efficiency of the whole body circulation is definitely higher than if you only train the chest or back at a time. If you can regularly find time to go to the gym more than 4 times a week, then it is absolutely fine to get involved in differentiated training early. The core is to match your own time and goals.

When choosing a class, don’t just look at the instructor’s certificate or how well you’ve practiced. Make an appointment for a trial class to test the waters first. The kind of instructor who immediately adds weight to you, urges you to push your intensity, and tells you to “grit your teeth and persevere” when you say it hurts. Change as soon as possible. The most important thing for a newbie is never how hard you practice, but how to safely turn fitness into a habit that can last for a long time, right?