Fitness is life.
Can we just watch and not practice?
Walking on the streets of Rio, it is easy to be infected by the sports enthusiasm here. Brazilians show the purest sense of movement in the most direct and concise way of fitness. The reporter came out of the media village at the end of the press release. It was already very late, but there were still people running and cycling on the roadside, and the speed of running and cycling was not slow. Cycling and running are the most common fitness methods in Rio and even Brazil. People run, jog or walk in their own way, such as chatting but speeding by, such as listening to songs or getting sick or moving slowly. Running has become as common and anywhere as walking. On the evening of August 5th, local time in Brazil, when reporters lined up outside the Maracana Stadium where the opening ceremony was held, someone ran briskly outside the erected barbed wire, which made us feel the running here again anytime and anywhere.
Capelli, head of mass sports in Brazil's Ministry of Sports, told reporters that Rio people believe that they must never "just watch and not practice". They are more willing to turn their appreciation of sports into playing in person. No matter how the weather changes, Brazilian sports scenes can be seen everywhere from early morning to late night every day. Therefore, on the endless beaches of Rio, there are countless people exercising in winter and summer. Besides running, cycling, playing football and beach volleyball, extreme sports such as rock climbing, skateboarding and bmx are also common. Flary, executive director of the sports program of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, said that the reason why Rio's sports culture is so strong is its superior geographical environment, where trees are shaded, mountains and rivers crisscross and the terrain is gentle, which is suitable for people to carry out various sports.
Along the coastline, sports fields can be seen everywhere, or set on or around the beach, and most of them are open for free. Take Rio as an example. As the largest park in Rio, the Rio Flamengo Park, built in 1965, has nearly 100 football field, basketball court, volleyball court and tennis court, and it is completely free without walls. Rio people especially like to enjoy nature outdoors, so the unique beach has become the weekend destination for most Rio people. In order to let people exercise better, the Rio government has set up a special runway beside the coastal expressway, and there is a distance sign every 100 meters, so that people can check their running distance at any time; And placing fitness equipment similar to the horizontal bar on the runway can not only do pull-ups, but also allow fitness enthusiasts to bring their own rubber ropes for stretching training. Binhai Avenue is the main road on weekdays, and it is closed on weekends and holidays for people to exercise.
Free, which is the biggest feature of national fitness in Brazil. In 2005, the Brazilian government launched the National Fitness Program. In that year, the government invested nearly 9 million reais and established 230 sports centers in state capitals, benefiting 8 million Brazilian citizens. According to the cultural official of the Embassy of China in Brazil, as a member of the BRICS countries, Brazil attaches great importance to the healthy quality of national sports. In the past ten years, the construction of cultural and sports facilities has occupied a considerable proportion of the government's financial resources, and this range is still rising.
The reporter found that in Brazil, drivers are very "free and easy" to drive, and bus drivers often mention the speed of 150 km or more in urban areas. In such a "dangerous" environment, it is really extraordinary for runners to get along with the motor vehicles on the road. You can often see exercisers riding orange bicycles in the street, and these orange cars are rented, and the rent is not expensive, just 10 reais a day. "Sports is a natural culture of Brazilians", which is an intuitive feeling of outsiders for Brazilians to participate in fitness; "If you don't exercise for a few days, you will feel empty and hopeless, and you will lose everything." This is the expression of Brazilian fitness enthusiasts themselves.