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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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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