Life lies in exercise, and exercise strengthens the body. Aerobics is a combination of "health" and "beauty", which combines dance, sports and other sports forms. It is a kind of physical exercise accompanied by harmonious music, using special bodybuilding equipment or unarmed. At the same time, aerobics is a form of aerobic exercise that conforms to the structural characteristics of human body, and its exercise amount and intensity are very suitable for popularization in society. It can help people to fully move all parts of the body, and at the same time, it can also play a good role in shaping the body and satisfy people's pursuit of beauty.
First, the origin and development of aerobics
Modern aerobics sprouted in the early 1960s, and it has only a history of more than 40 years. Because it is easy to learn, entertaining and suitable for all ages, it has high practical value in fitness, health care and medical treatment, so it is deeply loved by people and has become one of the most respected fitness programs in the world in a short time.
Aerobics is developed on the basis of various gymnastics schools in Europe, drawing lessons from the basic movements of oriental gymnastics and the rhythm and movements in African dance. Its appearance has changed people's understanding of traditional physical exercise. No longer a single boring physical exercise, more people began to experience beauty and happiness from this sport. As early as the mid-1980s, there were millions of people doing aerobics in France, and there were nearly a thousand fitness centers of different grades in Paris alone. In Britain, millions of people follow the guidance of TV coaches to do aerobic exercise every morning. The United States is the hometown of modern aerobics, and it is also a hot spot for the development of aerobics. About 20 million people in the United States are engaged in aerobics, and thousands of health clubs and gyms have been established. The United States also held the Alobec aerobics competition in 1985. It is through this competition that aerobics has rapidly spread and become a worldwide sport.
Aerobics is developing rapidly not only in Europe and America, but also in Asia. In the 1980s, Japan established the Aerobics Association. 1982 At the "National Sports Conference" held in Japan, thousands of ordinary women and old people performed ribbon dancing and other fitness gymnastics. 1984 Japan held the first Far East Aerobics Competition. In addition to Japan, aerobics has great influence in Korea, Singapore and Thailand, and is favored by all walks of life.
In addition, aerobics has also been developed to varying degrees in some economically underdeveloped developing countries and regions, and various fitness venues, aerobics clubs and bodybuilding training institutions are almost all over the continents. People from different countries, ages, occupations and positions all participate in aerobics, thus setting off a worldwide wave of aerobics.
Second, the beauty of aerobics
1. Beautiful posture and form
As early as the primitive society, human beings had a persistent pursuit of their own "beauty". In order to get living conditions from nature, people must have a strong body. Therefore, a strong body is regarded as a symbol of beauty and strength. From the materialistic point of view, the ancient Greeks believed that among all things in the world, only the bodybuilding body was the most harmonious, solemn, energetic and perfect. They regard the beauty of human body as the highest standard of beauty, and think that bodybuilding is the most ideal beauty.
Marx said: "Social progress is the crystallization of human pursuit of beauty." Everyone has a love of beauty. It is human nature to love beauty. Everyone wants to have a healthy body and a beautiful figure. So, what can be called bodybuilding? The so-called bodybuilding, as the name implies, is both healthy and beautiful. Health and beauty are complementary, health is the foundation of beauty, and beauty is the objective reflection of health. Aerobics is a combination of dance, music and gymnastics. After creation, according to the requirements of all-round and coordinated development of the body, people's body is uniform, their muscles are firm, their joints are flexible, their skin is smooth, their posture is light, vigorous and full of vitality.
First of all, the basic posture of aerobics is to keep the center of gravity upward, relax the body, keep the trunk upright, tuck in the abdomen, hold out the chest and sink the shoulders. Secondly, on the premise of paying attention to the basic posture, we should strive to be natural and smooth, flexible, positive and strong. In posture modeling, we should pay attention to the variability and curve of movements, and use the participation of hips and shoulders to add beauty and interest to movements. In jumping and changing movements, we should try our best to be light, agile and elastic. A remarkable feature of aerobics is that it takes the natural human body as the object and uses its own strength to realize self-shaping. The self-shaping of aerobics follows the plasticity of human body, such as muscle strength, degree of development, degree of fat deposition, shape of spine and chest, flexibility of joints and so on. These are the variable factors that determine the self-shaping of body posture and the change of body shape.
Aerobics is a way of human movement under the guidance of scientific theories such as aesthetics, which pays attention to the beauty of modeling, requires graceful movements and accurate positioning. Strength is an important feature in the aesthetic feeling of aerobics. The strength of aerobics is different, which is the remarkable feature of aerobics. Aerobics requires a lot of strength and strength, whether it is short muscle strength, sustained strength or instantaneous control strength, it shows a high sense of strength. Compared with dance, aerobics is less lyrical and feminine, but tends to be cheerful and powerful; Compared with gymnastics, aerobics is less rigid and mechanical, and tends to be free and natural. Due to the rapid changes in body movements and the elastic continuous running and jumping under the feet, the whole body is full of vitality. The action style formed by aerobics can fully show the elegant demeanor of human health, the charm of beauty and the tenacity of strength. The strength of aerobics can give full play to people's personality, and it is expressive, infectious and attractive, which is its vitality.
Rhythm is another feature in the aesthetic feeling of aerobics. Rhythm is a basic principle of the natural expression of the universe, and all life in the universe follows the natural law of rhythm. Everything in human and nature is in motion, which is restricted by rhythm. Aerobics is also full of rhythm. The characteristics of aerobics rhythm are as follows: 1. Physiological rhythm (respiratory rhythm, heart rhythm, reflecting a certain exercise load); 2. Action rhythm (speed, strength, amplitude and intensity increase or decrease in the technical rhythm of action); 3. Time and space rhythm (space rhythm, time rhythm); 4. Color rhythm (colors of clothes and lights, clear rhythm); 5. Music rhythm (also the most important rhythm). Aerobics is a physical exercise accompanied by modern music with lively rhythm and pleasant spirit. All the movements of aerobics are carried out according to a certain rhythm. It is to organize and standardize human movements rhythmically, so as to get rid of the natural state and make human movements rhythmic. The sense of rhythm in aerobics is expressed by body movements, and rhythmic movements enable aerobics to fully show the artistic beauty of human movements. 2. Inner temperament beauty
Aerobics is a human movement that expresses beauty, and beauty is the unique feeling that aerobics gives people. It not only pays attention to the exercise of external beauty, but also emphasizes the cultivation of internal beauty, which obviously embodies the natural overall effect of fitness, bodybuilding and heart-building. Aerobics is an exercise method that organically combines dance and sports, and it has a strong artistic appeal. Because in the whole process of practicing aerobics, we should be full of self-confidence, full of emotion and positive optimism, so that practitioners can show a cheerful, open-minded and brave spirit, and under the encouragement of music accompaniment, strive to make movements and music blend with each other and penetrate each other to achieve the harmonious unity of vision, hearing and beauty. The artistic charm of dance has been fully reflected in aerobics, which not only has the beauty of harmonious and smooth rhythm, but also has its own health and vitality. Aerobics is a way of human movement under the guidance of aesthetic theory, which pays attention to the accurate beauty of movements and vivid and smooth modeling. Therefore, in the aerobics performance, its formal beauty has been fully demonstrated. At the same time, people's consciousness is dominated by subjective consciousness, and people's thoughts, will, morality, sentiment, demeanor and temperament are also influenced by beauty when doing aerobics. Therefore, in this case, the strength and beauty expressed by human dynamics can achieve the unity of internal and external, so that the artistic appeal of aerobics can be fully demonstrated.
The rise of modern aerobics originated from jazz dance and folk dance of black Americans. The rhythm is cheerful and the exercise parts are comprehensive, which has a good exercise effect on the human body. Its main purpose is to keep fit. In the United States in the 1960s, people called this form of sports "Li Jian Dance". Aerobics not only retains and absorbs the essence of basic movements in dance, but also greatly increases the movements of waist, knee, ankle and hip, as well as the basic movements in folk dance.
Aerobics is based on human anatomy, exercise physiology, aesthetics and other multidisciplinary theories, and is arranged for the development of human health and bodybuilding. Its movements are rich in content, and the whole set of aerobics generally includes movements of various parts of the body. Compared with dancing, aerobics exercises the flexibility of all joints of the human body more prominently. Aerobics not only selects the basic movements in dance for artistic processing, but also absorbs artistic movements such as unarmed gymnastics and martial arts to change them. Every movement is targeted, and every set of movements is targeted, which has a comprehensive impact on people's body and mind. Therefore, participating in this sport can get the actual effect of fitness and bodybuilding. Every movement of aerobics has its focus, emphasizing the effectiveness of the movement to a certain part of the body.
The basic movements of head and neck, upper limbs, chest, waist and lower limbs, such as flexion, rotation, lifting, swinging and vibration, are all inspired by dance movements, which add novel and unique hand shapes and dance steps to aerobics, especially hip movements and wave movements, making aerobics more colorful.
Third, the sports value of aerobics
1. Improve your body shape
Physical beauty is the comprehensive embodiment of external beauty and internal beauty of human body, which is composed of three factors: health, strength and beauty. Specifically, it includes the bodybuilding of physical appearance, pleasing posture and elegant and dignified temperament.
External body shape is an intuitive embodiment of physical beauty: symmetrical and harmonious external body shape is an intuitive embodiment of physical beauty. Body shape refers to the external form of the human body. Externally, in addition to factors related to congenital inheritance, such as height and weight, physical exercise the day after tomorrow can not be ignored. Targeted physical exercise will play a vital role in developing the habit of correct posture and correcting bad figure.
Due to the different background, society, region, nationality and other related factors, the criteria for judging external physical beauty are also different. Relevant experts in China have synthesized the views of Chinese and foreign aestheticians on human beauty, combined with the physical characteristics of people in various regions of China, and summed up the basic standards of human bodybuilding: coordinated head proportion and correct facial features; Shoulders are symmetrical, men's shoulders are wide and women's shoulders are round; Spinal curvature is normal; The waist is thin and strong, and the abdomen is flat; Slender legs and soft lines; The overall development of bones is normal, and the joints are smooth without obvious protrusions; Strong muscles and moderate fat layer. Improving body shape is the main function of aerobics, and it is also the main purpose of many people practicing aerobics.
Aerobics can enhance the strength and intensity of human muscles, improve the flexibility and flexibility of each joint, and develop the coordination and consistency of limbs. In addition, it can also improve and regulate the respiratory system and circulatory system, making the internal organs healthier and more energetic. Aerobics can realize the desire to pursue a perfect figure because the whole set of aerobics movements are scientifically arranged according to the anatomical parts of the human body, so that all parts of the body can develop in a balanced way, cultivate correct body posture and correct deformity. It can make women plump, graceful, graceful and beautiful, and turn the pursuit of ideal figure into reality.
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On the one hand, the rise of aerobics reflects the continuity of history, on the other hand, it also reflects people's struggle against the disease of modern civilization. With the rapid development of science and technology in modern society, the production is highly mechanized and automated, and the material and cultural living standards of human beings are constantly improved and improved, thus physical activity is relatively reduced, resulting in diseases such as "muscle hunger" and "blood stasis". The destruction of ecological environment, the discharge of industrial waste and the deterioration of living environment have seriously threatened human health, making people nervous and weakened their disease resistance. Modern civilized diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases and even cancer have become threats to modern people's health. In order to resist this health crisis, people have created a series of methods and means of self-improvement, and aerobics is produced in this environment.
Aerobics can enhance the function of sports system. Regular aerobic exercise can improve the flexibility of joints, increase the strength, volume and elasticity of muscles, and make connective tissues such as ligaments and tendons elastic. For teenagers, doing aerobic exercise can stimulate muscles, bones, joints and ligaments. Persistence can promote the growth of bones, help teenagers grow taller and make bones denser and stronger. Aerobic exercise can enhance the function of cardiovascular system. Long-term participation in aerobic exercise can thicken myocardial fibers, enhance myocardial contractility, increase cardiac output and improve blood supply capacity. At the same time, providing more oxygen and nutrients to the whole body cells through the circulatory system can improve metabolism, reduce fat deposition, delay vascular sclerosis and be beneficial to health. Aerobic exercise can improve the functional level of respiratory system, and regular participation in aerobic exercise will make respiratory muscles strong. Aerobic exercise helps to improve the function of digestive system. Because there are more hip activities in aerobic exercise, it not only exercises the muscles of waist and abdomen and pelvis, but also strengthens gastrointestinal peristalsis and digestive function, which is helpful for the absorption and utilization of nutrients.
Conclusion Civilized society and civilized life make people know more about the value, enjoyment and self-shaping of beauty.
Aerobics is an art project. Being engaged in this sport for a long time can enhance the sense of rhythm and rhythm, improve the quality of music, and thus improve the ability to know, appreciate, express and create beauty. It conforms to the young people's psychology of "seeking novelty, interest, knowledge, mobility and beauty" and has a distinct flavor of the times. Long-term aerobics exercise can improve health, strengthen physique, improve posture, regulate psychological activities, cultivate good sentiment, improve nervous system function and cultivate tenacious will quality. It has a positive role and far-reaching significance in improving the quality of our population, shaping the beautiful image of our human body and improving the spiritual outlook of the Chinese nation. References:
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