A decline in the physical fitness of college students has become a serious social problem worldwide prompting exploration of effective methods of improving college students' physique. Previous studies have shown that Ba Duan Jin exercise is beneficial in improving sleeping quality, mental health, body flexibility, and body physique.
A randomised trial reported in Frontiers in Public Health by researchers from Shanghai University of Medicine and Health was conducted with college students at the university gymnasium.
The researchers found that Ba Duan Jin training with a frequency of 1 hour per day, 4 days per week. had a significant increase in the composite scores of health-related physical fitness including significant improvements in vital capacity, physical flexibility, endurance running, and body mass index (BMI), fat mass and body fat ratio at end of a 12-week intervention.
The researchers concluded that regular Ba Duan Jin training can be an effective, safe exercise form to promote the health-related physical fitness of young adults.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.965544/full
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