This summer, sports have attracted a great deal of attention and discussion. As the highest stage of world sports competition, the wonderful performances of athletes at the Paris Olympic Games have ignited the sports enthusiasm of the whole people. Outside the Olympics, more than 10,000 people from nearly 40 cities across the country actively signed up for the "Summer Fun Challenge", and eventually more than 1,000 teams successfully formed a team to compete, which also conveyed the love of sports as ordinary sports enthusiasts.
html On August 3, at Wuhan Tiandi Xintiandi Plaza, the Wuhan station of the 2024 "Summer Fun Challenge" regional competition of sports lifestyle brand lululemon kicked off. After fierce competition, the "Xinghe Team" from Hefei, Anhui Province finally won a seat in the national finals.
Wuhan station champion "Team Ape"
As the lululemon brand's iconic annual community event, the 2024 "Summer Fun Challenge" has been fully upgraded in scale and format, and has received an enthusiastic response from community partners. After various selections from store competitions, city competitions and regional competitions, 8 teams from different regions will finally gather in Beijing to compete for the championship.
"'Summer Fun Challenge' is a summer feast for sports lovers." For every member of "Team Ape", the most attractive thing about "Summer Fun Challenge" is the team competition format. As sports enthusiasts, they were very happy this summer because sports connected each other, and each of them experienced special fun in the process of preparing for and competing with their friends.
"Exercise is an important component of a healthy lifestyle"
The "Xinghe Team" that won the Wuhan Championship was composed of three men and three women. Because the training venue is usually called "Gorilla's Box", which comes from Hefei, and is a combination of the store name and the place name, so it was named "Gorilla Team".
round-trip relay run, farmer's walking lunge, rope pull, land freestyle, and four-person back-to-back coordinated medicine ball dribbling, these are the five major events of the "Summer Fun Challenge" regional competition in Wuhan. At the end of the first four competitions, many people did not expect that the champion would be the "Ape Team". According to the members of the "Ape Team", they were in a situation where it was almost impossible to win. The key to the final victory was that every member of them did not give up. "Don't give up until the last minute of the game. Giving up means you really lose." This mentality allowed them to counterattack and get first place in the total score.
Everyone is united, and cooperation makes the "Ape Together Team" infinite possibilities. The "Ape Together Team" also felt the power of the sports community during the competition. When there is a group of people around you to accompany you to exercise, A more wonderful chemical reaction will occur.
Wuhan Station match scene
Not only on the field, this power of sports community also spreads to their daily training. “During the entire preparation process, because every member of the team has his or her own job and family, everyone has made a lot of compromises in order to participate in this competition. We often have to wait for everyone to get off work after 9 p.m. before we can practice. Although it was very hard, everyone also enjoyed the process. "As the champions of the Wuhan station, the "Xinghe Team" experienced the "sports" and "fun" conveyed by the "Summer Fun Challenge" as lululemon's iconic community event. ” and “connection.”
's annual "Summer Fun Challenge" event makes hot sweat exercise a link that connects more people, and everyone who joins it will bring a new concept of exercise methods back to their lives. In the view of the captain of the "Ape Team", exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. It has a positive effect on both physical and mental health and brings more inner strength. "Good exercise habits also make me more energetic in my daily life, improving work efficiency and quality of life."
Through an event, the positive impact and spiritual power of exercise and fitness are conveyed, which will further promote the development of sports and fitness in different age groups and different fields. It is undoubtedly a good thing for people to start exercising.How to have good exercise habits? As a training expert consultant for many national team sports performance teams preparing for the Olympics, Wuhan referee Zhang Qiling mentioned, “First of all, we must persist in exercising. If we fish for three days and dry the net for two days, many people will lose their enthusiasm to continue participating in sports; secondly, we must continue to exercise. Scientific exercise, only scientific exercise can reduce the risk of injury and help us improve the effect of exercise; finally, we must carry out diversified exercise, which includes the combination of aerobic and anaerobic exercise, the combination of traditional and modern training methods, so that Our training content is full of fun and has practical functions.”
Wuhan Division Chief Referee Coach Zhang Qiling
So far, five teams from Tianjin, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Wuhan, and Shanghai have won the 2024 “Summer Fun Challenge”. Tournament champion. In the next week, the three competition areas of Xi'an, Nanjing, and Shenzhen will start one after another.
Behind-the-scenes of the event
Just like in the Olympic Games, athletes' equipment has become one of the focuses of everyone's attention. In the 2024 "Summer Fun Challenge" regional competition Wuhan station, the sportswear of the participating teams is equally eye-catching.
Wear the best equipment and get the best results. After the game, the "Ape Team" also shared their sports outfits, "We usually practice crossfit, and tend to choose shoes with better stability, tops with soft and quick-drying fabrics, and shorts that have a certain degree of coverage and are dry. "Team Ape" also shared that lululemon pace breaker shorts, metal vent tech sports vests and sports short-sleeves from the same series are the products they wear most every day, both in terms of tailoring and design, as well as the comfort and color of the fabrics. The richness can fully meet your needs.
In addition, for male sports enthusiasts, lululemon store ambassador Liu Si also gave advice, “If you are a serious sports enthusiast, your sports include fitness, playing ball, running and even lifting weights, and you don’t like to carry a lot For a change of clothes, the lululemon license to train series is the first choice. It uses unique weaving technology. This feature can reduce the embarrassment caused by large areas of clothing being soaked with sweat. Its fabrics are also a good choice. On the basis of license to train, some changes have been added. In addition to the original advantages, it is more suitable for leisure and sports occasions. ”
