Home fitness blogger

To judge whether a home fitness blogger is worth following, the core criterion is never how clear his vest line is or how high his traffic is, but whether his content is suitable for your sports foundation and fitness goals, and always puts the limitations of the home scene and the injury risk of ordinary enthusiasts at the top of the content priority.

When I first started exercising at home a few years ago, I stepped on a hole that could go around my yoga mat three times. I was the first to follow the popular fat-burning blogger Tiaoqiao. After a week of dancing, my knees hurt so much that I had to hold on to the wall when walking down the stairs. I went to the hospital to take a film and said that my meniscus was slightly worn. The student asked me if my movements controlled eccentric contraction, and I was confused - the bloggers I watched at that time would only yell "Come on, sisters, hold on for another 30 seconds" at the top of their lungs. They didn't say anything about squatting down slowly and not letting your knees go too far beyond your toes.

At that time, in order to find reliable training content, I browsed the homepages of hundreds of bloggers, only to find that in the current home fitness circle, the styles and routes of bloggers are not even the slightest bit different. They are completely different from each other. Most of the bloggers who follow the "efficient fat burning" route have eye-catching figures, good music selection, and compact action choreography. They can make you sweat all over in 15 minutes. They are most suitable for people who have a certain exercise foundation and want to quickly burn fat. However, novices who follow blindly are really prone to injuries. In the past, people in the sports rehabilitation circle collectively criticized a millionaire fat-burning blogger, saying that his movement choreography did not take into account the tolerance of ordinary people's large joints, and was "exchanging the risk of injury for fat-burning efficiency." However, some fans said it honestly: I am a sedentary person, and following him would at least be willing to get up from the sofa, which is better than lying down and growing fat. There is actually nothing wrong with this.

There are also rehabilitation therapists and bloggers with a background in sports. They don’t necessarily have many fans. They talk about movements very slowly. A squat can give you 10 minutes of key points for exerting strength. They will also list a bunch of taboos for you: people with lumbar protrusion should not do abdominal crunches. The content of this type of blogger has a very high error tolerance. Novices and people with old injuries will basically not make mistakes if they follow it. However, the shortcomings are also obvious: it is too "dry" and many people feel sleepy after watching it for 5 minutes and cannot persist at all. I have a friend who has collected a bunch of videos of recovery bloggers, and they are still gathering dust in his favorites after half a year. He said, "Watching him talk about his movements is more tiring than me having weekly meetings at work."

More people may be familiar with bloggers who take a lifestyle approach. They will not urge you to practice for an hour every day. Instead, they will teach you to stand on tiptoe when brushing your teeth, do seated leg raises while watching TV dramas, and even teach you how to practice ankle strength under your desk while fishing. This type of blogger is the easiest for people who have no exercise habits to get started. Don't underestimate these small movements. My mother practiced with this type of blogger for half a year last year. The old problem of squatting down to buy groceries and not being able to stand up has been alleviated a lot. Of course, if you want to develop clear waistcoat lines and peach buttocks, following this type of blogger is really inefficient.

The most heated debate on the Internet right now is that "home fitness bloggers should not hold certifications to work." One group believes that they must have national vocational and sports rehabilitation-related qualifications, otherwise casual teaching of movements will be harmful to people. The other group believes that many bloggers have trained from fat to thin for five or six years, and have much more practical experience than many certified coaches who can only endorse, so there is no need to apply for qualifications. I myself took the national junior fitness instructor certificate last year. To be honest, many knowledge points in the exam are indeed necessary for ordinary enthusiasts to know. However, there are also many certified bloggers who still teach movements that are out of the home setting - for example, they ask you to buy a 10kg barbell and practice at home. How can ordinary people have room to put this thing in their homes?

If you really don’t know how to choose, just take 10 minutes to look through his last 10 videos: if more than half of the ten videos mention action taboos and downgraded versions, then even if he only has a few thousand fans, you can still follow him.； If eight out of ten articles are shouting about "losing 10 pounds in a week" or "building cartoon legs" without even mentioning the essentials of the movements, just row away quickly and don't make fun of your knees and lumbar spine.

To be honest, home fitness is a very personal matter. Choosing a blogger is like choosing a friend. Getting along is the most important thing. If you can't stand the hardship, don't force yourself to be tortured by hardcore bloggers. Just find someone who is lively and makes you willing to move. ； If you have a clear goal of building muscle and shaping, find someone who is careful about the movements and take it slow. It is better than being injured and recuperating for three months. I recently followed a blogger who is a dad. He practices with his 3-year-old son every day. He uses mineral water bottles as dumbbells and the sofa as a jumping box. The background sound is always the sound of his baby giggling. Now I practice for 20 minutes after get off work every day. I am sweating after the exercise. I don’t even have to worry about going to work. As for whether I can lose weight? Hey, moving is better than lying down.