Yoga becomes physical training for firefighters

"Hey ha, hey ha..." Following the neat and loud slogans, groups of soldiers lay on the ground, their backs in the air, one leg held high, and performed difficult Pilates movements. This was a scene that the reporter saw at the drill site of the Fire Army Squadron in Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi.

When it comes to the Iron Army, people often associate it with their iron-like physique and will. The training of the Iron Army is often high-intensity activities, such as climbing obstacle boards, weight-bearing climbing, cross-country running, etc. How did the tenacious and unyielding men do the stretching and flexible Pilates movements?

According to reports, this is a set of training preparation exercises specially created by the Communist Youth City Fire Iron Army Squadron in order to effectively reduce the injury rate of officers and soldiers during high-intensity physical training. It conducts scientific training and boldly innovates. The whole set of exercises has a total of 35 movements, which effectively introduces Pilates, yoga, NBA stretching training methods, etc. into the training mode, and is carried out in three stages: pre-training preparation exercise, inter-training adjustment gymnastics, and post-training recovery movements.

The reporter saw at the scene that training physical training exercises were performed by both singles and pairs. Lift your legs, press sideways, lean back... each movement is very demanding and it is difficult to do it properly without special training. Tu Qiang, deputy squadron leader of the Communist Youth City Fire Iron Army Squadron, said that since the introduction of this training exercise, the injury rate of soldiers in high-intensity physical training has been greatly reduced, from the previous 25% to the current 10%. In addition, this set of exercises also improves the physical flexibility and flexibility of the soldiers to a certain extent, and plays a certain role in some special emergency situations.

Liu Qijun, a soldier of the Communist Youth City Fire Iron Army Squadron, recalled his experience in earthquake relief and said that at the earthquake site, especially when it was necessary to save people under huge rocks or collapsed houses, the flexibility and flexibility of the body became particularly prominent. "My usual practice has invisibly improved the flexibility of my body and played a certain role in on-site rescue."

Tu Qiang said that the introduction of yoga breathing has also allowed many soldiers to learn how to adjust breathing and emotions in special occasions. "Fire fighters often encounter shocking scenes in rescue situations, which will cause certain psychological impact and trauma to the soldiers, especially young comrades. Learning to remain calm and sober in this kind of occasion is especially important to saving people." He said that many soldiers who have experienced major disaster rescue scenes said that their usual yoga breathing training does come in handy in this situation.

Physical training methods formed by the introduction of "Pilates" and "yoga" are one of the new training models explored by the Jiangxi Province Public Security Fire Brigade during the process of establishing the Iron Army Squadron. In addition, focusing on the goal of "the team is an iron army and everyone is a vanguard", Jiangxi fire officers and soldiers have also explored and formed an iron army squadron that "rationalizes staff, applies equipment, integrates all training, standardizes evaluation, and normalizes attack" The creation model will be promoted in public security fire forces across the country. (Editor in charge: Chen Shaopeng)