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in the eyes of most people, yoga, which is closely related to body flexibility, seems to be synonymous with women's exclusiveness, but for he zhikun, a male yoga coach in wuhan, he doesn't think so.

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on september 12, he zhikun told jiupai news that yoga has many benefits. it can not only keep fit and relieve stress, but also adjust the body shape and shape the body. exercise is not limited to men and women. however, although most yoga studios accept male coaches, he is still a rare male yoga coach in wuhan. he has been a yoga coach and pilates coach in wuhan for more than a year. he has met only more than 10 male students who come to experience yoga, and there are only 4 male members who formally take classes.

"i have an impatient personality, and practicing yoga calms me down, which is the biggest benefit yoga brings me." he zhikun said that he studied broadcasting, but after attending a yoga class, he became interested in yoga and had the idea of ​​taking yoga as a career. after graduating from university, he went to kunshan, jiangsu to study yoga, and then started working as a yoga instructor in beijing.

"in beijing's gyms, there are many boys practicing yoga, and there are even many experts." he zhikun said that this phenomenon inspired him to promote yoga courses for men in wuhan. in april last year, he returned to wuhan and began to plan his own yoga business, but he found that yoga courses were not popular among boys in wuhan.

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he zhikun said that his main courses include yoga, pilates, chanrou and singing bowls, but boys in wuhan tend to lift weights in the gym, and relatively few choose yoga. he has only four male members, and only more than 10 boys come to experience yoga. boys who eventually choose to take yoga classes often recognize the benefits of yoga and believe that yoga can help them improve their physical condition.

"i hope to offer special male courses in the future to help boys overcome the embarrassment of practicing yoga." he zhikun said that as a male yoga enthusiast, he plans to continue to promote yoga to more boys. sports are not gender-specific, and no sport is suitable or unsuitable for boys. men's aesthetics in sports should not be limited to a certain way. "some boys get injured because of 'lifting weights', or find the fitness process monotonous, or don't want their muscles to become too big. yoga and pilates provide another option to help them improve their body flexibility and control, develop a more symmetrical body shape, and improve exercise efficiency."

jiupai news reporter cai xiaoxuan

editor liang xia intern li wenqi

[source: jiupai news]