Who should absolutely not go to the gym?

Recently, there have been many cases of mistakes and deaths during gym training. So who should not practice gym to avoid unforeseen consequences?

Many tragic accidents happen because of gym

Gym is a training method chosen by many people to improve their health and body shape. However, recently, many people have been injured, even died while practicing this sport.

At the end of 2016, Mr. NVĐ, 40 years old (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi) collapsed and died suddenly while exercising. According to his family, Mr. Đ had only been going to the gym for 2 months. Before going to the gym, Mr. Đ was in normal health, with no signs of illness or disease. However, it had been a long time since Mr. Đ had had a regular health check-up.

Previously, in 2015, also at a gym in Binh Duong City, a rare accident occurred while working out. That was Nguyen Gia Khanh (34 years old) died right on the bench because a 28kg barbell with each end pressed against his neck.

And most recently, in Thanh Hoa, a male student unfortunately fell while practicing gymnastics. Due to a severe neck injury, the victim died before being admitted to the hospital.

According to MSc. Dr. Nguyen Van Phu, Deputy Director of Vietnam Sports Hospital, every person when exercising at any level has potential risks. Besides the health benefits, disease prevention and achieving personal desires such as: beautiful body, comfortable spirit, stress reduction...etc., it is necessary to note the unwanted effects during exercise. Therefore, exercising in suitable and scientific conditions is very necessary for everyone when participating in health training, especially with gym.

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Who should not go to the gym?

Dr. Phu said: “According to the principles of Sports Medicine, any condition can be exercised as long as the intensity, frequency and duration of exercise are appropriate. The same goes for gym, everyone can still exercise, but to create the fastest adaptation and achieve the best results, you must pay attention to your body and health.”

Dr. Phu also added that Gym is a sport that combines 3 elements: strength exercises; endurance strength exercises; exercises to increase flexibility. With that special nature, the following groups of people should not or are not suitable for the level of gym training:

-People with respiratory diseases should not exercise.For example, people with a history of asthma, even though they have been treated stably, should not go to the gym. Because, this training condition is an endogenous factor that stimulates endogenous asthma attacks and asthma recurrence.

-People with a history of heart disease should not go to the gym.According to Dr. Phu, in addition to people with heart disease who are being treated, there are some cases such as: patients with acute rheumatic fever complications to the heart without knowing it or people who have had some signs of cardiovascular disease since childhood but do not know it... These subjects will normally not show any signs of heart disease but only show it when they exert themselves almost to the maximum. Specifically, arrhythmia, shortness of breath and very easy to cause complications.

-People with metabolic disorders such as:Blood sugar, blood fat... will cause complications: hypoglycemia, hypotension or heart rhythm or breathing disorders during exercise.

-People with a history of musculoskeletal diseasesor conditions such as neuromuscular disorders, myasthenia gravis, degenerative spine disease, rheumatoid arthritis, spondylitis, arthritis...

Dr. Phu shared: "For people with this disease group, in terms of training, we do not object but encourage them, but how to train effectively? This requires close coordination between 3 parties: doctor, trainee and trainer to have accurate advice on health status before participating in training.

According to Khoeplus