Influence of Moderate Movement and Training on the Physical and
Mental Health of College Students
Cao Wen
Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621000, China
Keywords: Moderate Exercise, College Students, Physical and Mental Health.
Abstract: College students are the future of China as they shoulder the responsibility of national construction and
prosperity. Therefore, moderate exercise is the best way to keep physical and mental health of college
students. On one hand, it exercises students’ wills and increases their adaptability to society. On the other
hand, it helps them form good habits and strong bodies. Thus, it sets excellent condition for future work.
The work analyzes the importance of moderate exercise in college students’ physical and mental health.
Meanwhile, it offers solutions to the problems under the present situation.
1 INTRODUCTION
With the economic development and social
progressing, there have been great improvements in
people’s lives and continuing changes in thoughts.
Obviously, people pay more attention to self health
in life quality. Therefore, there have been great
increases in daily exercise. It is a great transition in
ideology as well as a great achievement in pushing
construction of spiritual civilization and national
body-building movement. Health comes before
everything. Life lies in motion and sports are good
to health, which is the premise and guarantee of
creating and connotation of modern civilization. As
college students are the most important talents in
building China, their mental conditions are greatly
concerned by society. Recently, the frequent
occurrence of sudden death in college students
draws concerns to students health conditions. The
physical and mental health has always been the
focus point which is greatly concerned by society
and parents. Therefore, it is essential to let students
have moderate exercise for their social development
and family happiness.
2 CURRENT SITUATION AND
CAUSES OF COLLEGE
STUDENTS’ TRAINING AND
MENTAL HEALTH
2.1 Problems of Physical Aspects and
Reasons
It is an important period of body growth in college.
The good health and eating habits help to shape
strong bodies and cultivate excellent psychological
qualities. However, nowadays college students just
exercise one to two times a week, which is greatly
harmful to students health. Longtime lack of
exercise greatly decreases body functions and
immunity, which will result in diseases. The main
problems of bodies concentrate in visual acuity, too
fat and too thin. In the recent college marathons, it is
common that too many athletes quilt races due to
ligaments. The main reasons that contribute to the
alarming in college students’ health include:
2.1.1 Increasing Pressure in College
Employment and Attending to School
Work with No Time Left
With the economic development and heated
competitiveness in society, college students are in
the weak position of work competiveness due to the
lack of work experience and unfamiliarity with
society. To increase comprehensive strength and
competitiveness, many college students work hard in
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Influence of Moderate Movement and Training on the Physical and Mental Health of College Students.
DOI: 10.5220/0006022802240227
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professional courses. Meanwhile, they also conduct
expansion of part-time courses, development of
personal hobbies and preparation of postgraduate
entrance examination and textual research. Thus,
they do not have enough time to train themselves,
which has become main reason of health problems
in college students.
2.1.2 Time of Surfing Is Far More than That
of Movement Due to Development of
Internet
In recent years, mobile phones, computers and tablet
pc have been updated faster and wireless network
have been widely promoted. Especially, in college
campus network have been more advanced. Thus,
students are provided a better platform for computer
games as China Railcom, China Mobile and China
Unicom enter the school. Nowadays, more than 70%
of the students play Internet games according to the
study. Thus, it has greatly influenced their daily
lives and school work, which results in frequent
truancy and school work devastation. The addiction
to Internet games occupy most of students’ free time
and make them less willing to participate in training.
2.2 Psychological Problems and
Present Situation
The psychological problems come with the decrease
in body health. Psychological quality of nowadays
students is much worse than before. It is counted
that incidence of psychological obstacle in modern
students is 20% to 30%, which clearly shows the
challenges students face in psychological qualities.
The obstacles include social phobia, inferiority,
stress, repression and anxiety. However, actions
endangering themselves, families and friends are
likely to occur without good psychological quality in
the college time. Besides, it will also cause great
negative impacts on future study, work and life. The
reasons are as follows:
2.2.1 Decrease in Body Quality
The unfitness and decrease in body quality is the
main reason contributing to the going down of
students’ psychological quality. Sports also
influence development of psychological quality
while strengthening body. Therefore, moderate
training not only strengthens body, but also removes
their inferiority and horror during the joyful
movement.
2.2.2 Unable to Solve Psychological
Problems Immediately
The complex campus environment will result in
psychological problems in the students with not so
strong mental qualities. Therefore, the problems will
be more serious after long time accumulation
without appropriate expression.
2.2.3 Lack of Basic Training Facilities and
Fields
The main factor resulting in the mental and
psychological problems of college students is lack of
moderate training. Apart from students themselves,
schools also neglect to provide appropriate fields to
students. Firstly, there is only one playground in
many colleges despite various school districts.
Therefore, many students can only train themselves
around teaching building or along the roads. It not
only influences others’ studies but also endangers
others. Secondly, the incomplete infrastructure
cannot inspire students. Thirdly, with the end of PE
classes in sophomore year, so is students’ exercise
career.
2.2.4 Most Students’ Lack of Knowledge on
Movement
Most students prepare to play games in dormitories
rather than train themselves. It is mainly because
that they have not found the benefits and necessities
of movement. Therefore, they do not realize to
which extent their functions have dropped, which
has aroused social concerns on students’ body
conditions.
3 IMPORTANCE OF MODERATE
EXERCISE ON HEALTHY
DEVELOPMENT OF
STUDENTS’ PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL HEALTH
3.1 Improving Students’ Physical
Qualities and Set Healthy
Conditions for Future
Life lies in motion and motion is good for health.
The most direct understanding on movement and
health clearly shows importance of them. Firstly,
college students are the backbone of society. They
will not push forward unless they have healthier
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body confronting heavy work and life burdens.
Secondly, the society is cruel and full of
competitiveness. Healthier body enables them to
better finish work and pursue dreams. Thirdly,
college students are also hopes of families. As they
shoulder the wishes of their eldership, schools and
society should pay more attention to students’
training. The frequent occurrence of students
sudden death reminds people of the necessity and
emergency of students’ training.
3.2 Exercising Students’ Strong Wills
and Qualities
Apart from improving bodies’ comprehensive
qualities, body movement also strengthens their
psychological qualities. Thus, it exercises strong
minds and forms good habits. It is not only a process
of strengthening body, but also it is a way of
forming steadfast psychological qualities. Movement
lies in adherence, three days of fishing and two days
of exercise will not form good habits. The body
quality will not be influenced unless longtime
persistence. Therefore, longtime training is the best
way to exercise wills in students and helps them
form strong qualities. Thus, it provides better
psychological support for their future life and work
and helps them adapt to social development.
3.3 Enhancing Confidence,
Overcoming Barriers of Social
Intercourse, Expanding
Interpersonal Relationship
Some college students, especially those from poor
families and districts, some have strong sense of
inferiority. It results in serious interpersonal barriers
and preventing them from expressing their opinions.
The depression of thoughts and emotions is of great
harm to their body health. However, moderate
exercise enables them to go out of dormitories and
connect all kind of people in college. During the
process, they gradually overcome the barriers of
social intercourse and improve social abilities.
Besides, moderate exercise helps them shape fine
figures and strengthen confidence in social
intercourse, which overcomes psychological
obstacles and broadens interpersonal relationships.
Thus, they will be happier and make more friends in
the colorful college life.
3.4 Developing Intelligence and
Tapping Potentials
The preparation of post-graduate entrance
examination, textual research and civil servant
examination brings heavy burdens on college life.
According to the research, moderate exercise helps
improve efficiency as moderate aerobic exercise
enables brains with better rest, vitality and
accelerated speed. Meanwhile, eyes get some rest
and outdoor sports protect eyes while watching far
away. Therefore, moderate exercise brings infinite
potentials of brains and develops intelligence while
alleviating fatigue. Thus, it ensures longer time
study and work.
3.5 Forming Fine Self Understanding
and Psychology
Movement leaves time for students to reflect on
themselves and to evaluate themselves. After
witnessing their shortcomings and advantages, they
can change themselves with good self
understanding. Fine self-understanding is the
beginning of psychology, which helps students to
master pressure of all circles better. Once they stand
every failure, they control emotions better to avoid
psychological worries.
4 SOLUTIONS ON PUSHING
MODERATE TRAINING IN
COLLEGE STUDENTS
4.1 Forming Moderate and Scientific
Rules and Positive Psychology
While promoting moderate exercise, it should be
noted that training should be moderate and
scientific. Excessive and unscientific sports
endanger health and pose heavy burdens on
psychology, which results in mental reliance.
According to the research, negative mental reliance
on exercise causes harmful impacts on exercisers.
Some people even quit exercising in serious
conditions. However, positive mental reliance on
exercise helps trainers control movements and
produce more positive energy with upward
emotions. Thus, it is needed to form scientific and
reasonable rules and positive psychology to ease
tension and anxiety.
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4.2 Balancing Diets
While exercising, it is needed to balance diets,
which allows all body functions to keep pace with
body development. However, it is noted that body
absorbs all nutrition to a certain extent, over which
will increase pressure of body and decrease the
functions. For example, long time intake of foods of
high sugar, high salt and high fat will cause the
increase in blood sugar levels. Thus, fat increase
leads to obesity, which is a serious state of sub
health. Students should be reminded of balanced and
reasonable diet.
4.3 Strengthening Construction of
Infrastructures
Training requires permanent and enough places and
infrastructures. Thus, it increases the enthusiasm and
helps them keep training. Therefore, college should
invest more money in expanding college playground
and facility room, which allows students to have
more choices. In curriculum, the college PE class
should be extended to the second semester of junior
year. Thus, students have more opportunities in
choosing their favorite sports and increasing training
efficiency with more professional knowledge.
Meanwhile, faculties should combine body exercise
with protection to contribute to healthy development
with theories and practices.
5 CONCLUSIONS
Psychological and mental health is the basis of
everything as well as the guarantee of continuing
innovation. Meanwhile, it is emphasized in
education reform as physical conditions have always
been widely concerned. As we all know, the lack of
knowledge and awareness is the main cause of
decrease in physical health. As subjective awareness
determines objective actions, when students want to
train themselves subjectively, nothing stops them
regardless of backward facilities, occupied fields or
Internet games. However, if they are unwilling, they
will not go outdoors no matter how advanced the
sporting conditions are. Thus, it is the determination
of internal cause. Therefore, college should change
students’ perspectives and improve all levels of
sports to increase students’ interests. More and more
students will go outdoors and train for better
physical and mental qualities.
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