Some time ago, Cen Xuefang, a retired aunt from Yangpu, Shanghai, walked into the scene of the National Health Commission's "Seasonal Solar Terms and Health" series of themed press conferences to introduce a healthy life after retirement. From an ordinary retired worker to a community health instructor, Cen Xuefang opened a "new track" after retirement, how did she practice her "slash life"?
Say goodbye to the "sub-health" of the body, and the results of exercise are "sweet"
"Straighten your hands, jump up, inhale and breathe deeply." At the Yinhang Community Sports and Health Center, Cen Xuefang is leading everyone to dance aerobics together. From the essentials of the movement to the mastery of the beat, she guides in detail. Cen Xuefang said: "The output must have an effect, exhale, inhale, the core must be contained, and slowly accumulate little by little, the effect must be very good." Many people are still relatively blind in jumping exercises, and without the essentials, they are actually doing useless work. ”
Cen Xuefang is a retired resident of Yinhang Street, and many neighbors call her a "health expert". In 2013, Aunt Cen officially retired and took care of her children at home for a period of time, and the change in the rhythm of life made it difficult for her to adapt for a while, and the physical examination report also showed that she was in a sub-healthy state. It wasn't until Cen Xuefang walked into the Yinhang Community Sports and Health Center that her retirement life changed a new way.
"Because I've never been to the gym before, the first time I came was out of curiosity. On the first day I came here and saw the vertical rhythm motive I said try it, and it took fifteen minutes. After doing a few instruments in a row, I felt that time passed quickly after half an hour. After resting for a while, I can take my blood pressure and heart rate. In this way, I persevered for a while and tasted the 'sweetness'. When I went to the class reunion, everyone said that I had lost a lot of weight, but in fact, I lost fat and gained muscle. Cen Xuefang recalled.
Quantitative change leads to qualitative change, and we will walk with you on the road to health
Cen Xuefang insisted on fitness for a year and a half, successfully lost about 20 pounds, and her blood lipids and blood pressure also returned to a normal state. For her, her confidence and motivation are slowly improving, and the pace of exercising four to five times a week is not fast. Now Aunt Cen is in full spirit, full of physical strength, and most importantly, she has found a new direction in her life.
"Once, the training teacher who happened to be in Shangti came over, and he told me that there are standards for walking, and how to go should pay attention to methods. Combining theory and practice, I feel that the effect is even better than before. Cen Xuefang said.
Later, with the help of her teachers, Cen Xuefang became a "health instructor" at the Yinhang Community Sports and Health Center. Now she not only corrects her actions herself, but also helps everyone correct whether the movements are correct and whether they have any effect. Cen Xuefang said that as long as the health center is open, she will definitely come.
Resident Lu Huijuan has been exercising here for a while, and she feels a lot more energetic. "I don't have the motivation to exercise at home, but I exercise here to be a companion, and my limbs are also active, and I can still play table tennis at my age, and I usually use the equipment for waist rotation and stretching. Cen Xuefang and I are old friends, she is our representative, her movements are very standard, and her body shape is like that of a young man. ”
Yinhang Community Sports and Health Center is an "Internet celebrity" venue for national fitness in Shanghai, and a citizen health promotion center that accurately serves the whole population and covers the whole life cycle. On November 24, 2023, as the city's first comprehensive community sports and health center national pilot, the center was fully upgraded and opened, and innovatively created the "Shanghai Sample" of community sports and health centers with "sports +" multi-department collaboration and deep integration of national health.
For Cen Xuefang, it was by chance that she walked into the Yinhang Community Sports and Health Center six years ago. Today, Aunt Shum has become a "supernumerary" of the center, and it is sports that make her healthier and more confident, and live a good retirement life.
Cen Xuefang said: "Being a health instructor should be what I want to do for a long time to come. In this process, I can only take care of my family and my social circle if my physical strength and energy are guaranteed. My friends are now more and more. At the health center, we are a group of happy 'old children' and we can achieve reverse growth. ”
Text/Image: Wang Xinyu
Editor: Xi Yuxuan
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