Fitness is in, as you may have noticed. But its future is smart. Just as well, since there is quite a lot of Chinese people, and they increasingly have very little time for fitness in their busy lives.
你可能已经注意到，健身是有的。 但它的未来是明智的。 很好，因为中国人很多，在忙碌的生活中，他们越来越没有时间健身。
This 8 August marked the 11th anniversary of China’s National Fitness Day, a day for which this year Nanjing’s Olympic Stadium opened its doors for free to the general public. Indicative of the awareness for public fitness, so too has China’s national fitness industry developed rapidly, and participation by both urban and rural residents in physical exercise has increased dramatically. With 40 percent of China’s citizens now technically obese, people’s demand for weight loss is on the up, as well as for body sculpting and other reasons of vanity.
8月8日是中国国家健身日11周年，今年南京奥林匹克体育场向公众免费开放。 表明公众健身意识的提高，中国国家健身行业也迅速发展，城乡居民对体育锻炼的参与度急剧增加。 由于现在40%的中国公民在技术上肥胖，人们对减肥的需求正在上升，以及对塑身和其他虚荣心的原因。
In recent years, lack of time has become the main reason why many people find it difficult to start exercising and/or to stay fit. New fitness modes are therefore now emerging, those that deliver short-term, highly-efficient solutions, by employing artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other technologies.
近年来，缺乏时间成为许多人发现难以开始锻炼和/或保持健康的主要原因。 因此，新的健身模式正在出现，这些模式通过采用人工智能、虚拟现实和其他技术提供短期、高效的解决方案。
Hardly a day goes by with us hearing about the future marvels of 5G technology, a “second coming” of the internet. In some fields, it has already arrived, and fitness is one of them. For many a gym in China can now be termed “smart gym”.
我们几乎没有一天能听到5G技术的未来奇迹，这是互联网的“第二次降临”。 在一些领域，它已经到来，健身就是其中之一。 对许多人来说，中国的健身房现在可以被称为“智能健身房”。
Also referred to as “unmanned smart gym”, or “artificial intelligence gym”, the smart gym in China uses a variety of biometric technologies, such as face, fingerprint and iris recognition, to collect member information and provide access control, including smart locks, smart devices, smart showers and other gym equipment that can collect member training information and activity. Combined with the management system’s big data statistical analysis function, the smart gym can assist gym managers to make decisions and optimise the facility’s management.
中国的智能健身房也被称为“无人智能健身房”或“人工智能健身房”，使用各种生物识别技术，如面部、指纹和虹膜识别，来收集会员信息并提供访问控制，包括智能锁、智能设备、智能淋浴和其他可以收集会员训练信息和活动的健身器材。 结合管理系统的大数据统计分析功能，智能健身房可以帮助健身房经理做出决策并优化设施管理。
So far so good. At this point, many a reader may be concerned over issues of privacy and the legalities of such information gathered. After all, in this case, there can be little dispute that the information be defined as personal. The Nanjinger has you covered, however, but all that need wait until our October issue…
到目前为止，一切都很好。 此时，许多读者可能担心隐私问题和收集的此类信息的合法性。 毕竟，在这种情况下，信息被定义为个人信息是无可争议的。 然而，《南京人》涵盖了你，但所有这些都需要等到我们10月刊……
In the meantime, and in the name of ever-increasing efficiencies in fitness, to address the lack of space that has become a major obstacle to the fitness of the whole nation, China has also recently developed an “Outdoor Smart Gym” (OSG) concept. And it’s catching on fast.
与此同时，为了不断提高健身效率，为了解决空间不足问题，中国最近还开发了一个“户外智能健身房”（OSG）概念。 而且它正在迅速流行。
The top of the OSG is an umbrella-shaped, large white awning, which is almost aesthetically tasteful. Shaded from sun and sheltered from rain, the OSG is approximately three metres high and five metres in diameter. Powered by solar panels, in addition to its fitness functions, the umbrella structure also provides lighting, enabling use during in the night.
OSG的顶部是一个伞形的大型白色遮阳篷，几乎在美学上很有品位。 OSG遮阳，避雨，高约三米，直径五米。 由太阳能电池板供电，除了健身功能外，伞状结构还提供照明，可以在夜间使用。
Compared with a traditional gym, the OSG comes with a small footprint, easy management, low cost and convenient use. Not only can it provide the familiar functions of the traditional gym, but the OSG also addresses many of the traditional gym’s disadvantages, being open to the entire community, or at least everyone who lives in the residential complex in which the OSG is located.
与传统健身房相比，OSG占地面积小，易于管理，成本低，使用方便。 它不仅可以提供传统健身房的熟悉功能，而且OSG还解决了传统健身房的许多缺点，向整个社区开放，或者至少向居住在OSG所在的住宅区的每个人开放。
While there is no reason why OSGs could not be rolled out in public parks, other than the issue of who is responsible for their installation and upkeep, that they be more appropriately placed inside residential communities has two distinct advantages; costs would be borne from the building management fee paid by all households therein, while the OSG is also within easy reach of the elderly.
虽然没有理由不能在公共公园推出OSG，但除了谁负责其安装和维护的问题外，更恰当地将其放置在住宅社区内有两个明显的优势；成本将由所有家庭支付的建筑管理费承担，而OSG也很容易被老年人触及。
It is therefore no surprise that OSGs feature large print on their instructions for use. Being “smart”, OSGs offer electronic tests as to users’ height, weight, heart function, reaction time, strength, etc. The equipment can also provide residents with weekly and monthly fitness data reports, analysing changes in body fat percentage, muscle content and other fitness indicators.
因此，OSG的使用说明上有大字字体，这并不奇怪。 OSG是“智能的”，提供使用者身高、体重、心脏功能、反应时间、力量等的电子测试。 该设备还可以为居民提供每周和每月的健身数据报告，分析身体脂肪百分比、肌肉含量和其他健身指标的变化。
At the same time, users can watch instructional videos as to the use of the equipment therein, typically Tai Chi pusher, horse-riding device, waist- turning device, leg press, abdominal muscle trainer and other specific workouts.
同时，用户可以观看有关其中设备使用的教学视频，通常是太极推杆、骑马设备、腰转装置、压腿、腹部肌肉训练器和其他特定锻炼。
The OSG is, however, still in its infancy. Qingdao and Tianjin are pioneers of the concept, while at time of writing, The Nanjinger could not find any evidence of OSGs in Nanjing.
然而，OSG仍处于起步阶段。 青岛和天津是这个概念的先驱，而在撰写本文时，《南京人》在南京找不到任何OSG的证据。
Back on the issue of ethics, as 5G becomes ubiquitous and our world ever more connected, some gyms also plan to cooperate with hospitals and insurance companies to collect and share users’ health data, in the name of offering “personalised medical treatment”.
回到道德问题，随着5G变得无处不在，我们的世界越来越互联，一些健身房还计划与医院和保险公司合作，以提供“个性化医疗”的名义收集和共享用户的健康数据。
No matter artificial intelligence, VR or any other technology used for fitness, all have almost unlimited potential for helping people to stay fit and healthy. That which we see now is just the tip of the iceberg. With the advent of the 5G era and given time, the future of fitness is one whereby people’s exercise will be more effective, saving considerable time and energy. After all, fit and healthy people better contribute to the rejuvenation of a nation.
无论是人工智能、VR或任何其他用于健身的技术，在帮助人们保持健康方面几乎都有无限的潜力。 我们现在看到的只是冰山一角。 随着5G时代的到来和时间的到来，健身的未来是人们的锻炼将更有效，节省大量时间和精力。 毕竟，健康的人更能为一个国家的复兴做出贡献。
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