Xinhuanet Changchun October 10 th "It’s so fresh! You can swim without water! " On the scene of Changchun Station, the "Olympic Experience Field" which was opened to the public free of charge on the 10th, the reporter and the people witnessed a device to realize "waterless swimming".
"This device is called an isokinetic stretcher. The experiencer can experience the fun of’ swimming without water’ as long as he lies on the stool in the middle, holds the stretcher with both hands and fixes his feet on the bracket." On the morning of the 10th, Zhang Ke, a staff member of the swimming experience hall of FAW-Volkswagen Olympic Experience Field, told reporters that this equipment was introduced to China in 2001. After improvement, it was mainly used for the training of professional athletes. This is the first time to meet the people.
Under the introduction of Zhang Kezheng, many visitors are eager to try. "How cool! And you can do all the strokes! The limbs are as tired as swimming in the water, "Ms. Teng, a citizen, told reporters after the experience. The reporter found that the size of the isokinetic stretcher is similar to that of the treadmill, and there are quantitative data such as speed, training time, amount of work done and action times on the instrument.
Zhang Ke said: "At first, this equipment was invented mainly to ensure that professional swimmers can train without water. Now, it can make people swim without water in the Olympic experience activities, giving people a sense of novelty. It can be said that this kind of equipment is entirely possible to enter the gym one day and become a new project of national fitness. "
"FAW-Volkswagen Olympic Experience Field" is a large-scale Olympic public welfare promotion activity with national participation. The first stop of Changchun Station will last from 9th to 14th, and then it will land in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chengdu and other cities in turn, lasting for 6 months.
Editor: Zhu Xinrui