As living standards improve, the demand for sports and physical activities grows. Smart sports, with its more convenient services, more scientific management methods, and more efficient information feedback, is increasingly being applied and developed in the sports industry. With the help of technology, sports are becoming more interesting and scientific, and people's interest in sports is being stirred up by these new developments. Public fitness facilities for nationwide fitness are being upgraded and stepping onto the smart track, as expected by the public.
Pathway Introduces Technology, Making Fitness More Enjoyable
In August this year, the running track at the Beijing Olympic Forest Park was upgraded and put into use. The park has enhanced the runner's experience through the application of technology, such as information technology, online companionship during exercise, sports monitoring, and guidance. Runners can access professional guidance like warm-up tips through interactive human-machine devices at the runner's service station.
The Smart Runway Technology has enhanced its functionality, integrating sports professional technology from the Capital Sports University and medical health data analysis technology. It achieves offline application of scientific sports scenes and online scientific sports health guidance through the forms of exercise health data monitoring, motion posture capture and correction, and tracking service guidance.
Running enthusiast Wu Fan doesn't live near the Orson Park, but he always makes time to run twice a week. "The track experience here is fantastic, and now with the addition of intelligence, it's even more exciting. Running has become much simpler, as this track is truly designed with runners in mind. At the starting point, there's an LCD screen that displays every running route in the park, the locations of rest stations along the way, the number of runners, and rankings. It includes warm-ups before running, supplies during the run, and stretches after the run, making the running experience better and more scientific for the average person."
Facial recognition, intelligent sensing, and sports rankings... Such smart walking paths are also present in many places like Runze Lake Park in Xingji, Hebei, Purple Air East Sports Park in Jiading New City, Shanghai, and People's Stadium in Bengbu, Anhui.
Smart Fitness Equipment Makes Exercise More Scientific
The Maluan Bay Smart Sports Park in Xiamen is located on the southern shore of Maluan Bay, Haicang District, covering a total area of 200,000 square meters. It consists of facilities such as intelligent landscape paths, smart health stations, and outdoor smart fitness testing pavilions. In addition to the smart walking paths, the park features a national physical fitness monitoring station, public fitness areas, a five-a-side football field, a multi-functional court, as well as fitness zones for the elderly, special groups, and a children's playground. To cater to the diverse sports needs of different age groups and populations, the park is equipped with suitable sports equipment.
The park has introduced an "Internet of Things + Sports Equipment" maintenance management system and intelligent fitness facilities. Fitness exercise data is visible in real-time, collecting and generating data for nationwide fitness, park operations, and equipment usage, providing big data analysis and scientific decision-making. Compared to traditional outdoor fitness equipment, this batch of intelligent fitness equipment not only enhances the physical qualities such as cardiovascular function, muscle strength, endurance, flexibility, and coordination of the exercisers but also allows them to check their exercise time, frequency, and calorie burn on the screen at any time, achieving a human-machine interaction effect and offering a more scientific and intelligent exercise experience.
Intelligent fitness equipment is now not only found in cities but has also reached rural areas, providing residents with a more comfortable and accurate exercise experience. This year, Dalian's Wafangdian Delisi Town has newly installed a batch of fitness equipment, including smart pendulum clocks, rowing machines, waist twisters, seated pedal exercisers, seesaws, Tai Chi揉推轮, and space walkers... In 2021, Wafangdian was the first to carry out a pilot project for the construction of the second-generation intelligent sports fitness equipment, placing the equipment in 12 pilot locations and receiving widespread praise from the public.
Smart Fitness Center streamlines management and operation
In 2020, Changsha, Hunan, addressed the "where to exercise" issue by establishing smart fitness centers in residential communities. The model of the community providing land and enterprises operating has achieved scientific management, professional corporate operation, and intelligent citizen fitness, opening a new path for promoting nationwide fitness. Locals can enjoy an intelligent fitness experience right at their doorstep for just 25 yuan a month.
Download the fitness app on your phone, complete the registration, pass the touchless body temperature check, and you can enter the access control system with a facial recognition scan. The smart fitness center in Xincheng Science and Technology Park, High-tech Zone, spans approximately 150 square meters, featuring bright, clean, and comfortable spaces. It includes areas for aerobics, fixed strength training, free weight training, and body testing, each with cloud-based video guidance. Relying on internet, Internet of Things, and cloud computing technologies, residents can not only enjoy self-service fitness but also use the app to monitor the PM2.5 index and crowd density in real-time within the gym. They can also book classes and equipment, engage in online discussions, and review exercise data and health indicators. The "Smart Community Fitness Center" has been launched in Changsha, becoming a practical project benefiting the people.
This year, Changzhou City in Jiangsu Province has joined the ranks of building smart community fitness centers. The Wujiaojiao Street Smart Community Fitness Center in Zhonglou District has introduced 50 cutting-edge intelligent sports fitness equipment. Relying on the Internet of Things, mobile internet, and 5G technology, it timely collects and dynamically analyzes the basic data of fitness activity participants, integrating the whole population, all-time, all-functional, and intelligent features into one.
