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most people who begin the year with a fitness resolution fall off the wagon after a few weeksFor some of us, its never easy getting back in the gym after the holidays. While were used to feasting on holiday comfort foods, the beginning of the year is when the shift to become healthier kicks into gear.(Health First image)

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA For some of us, its never easy getting back in the gym after the holidays. While were used to feasting on holiday comfort foods, the beginning of the year is when the shift to become healthier kicks into gear.

Unfortunately, most people who begin the year with a fitness resolution fall off the wagon after a few weeks or months. But our Pro-Health & Fitness Center Exercise Specialist Katie Munn is here to lend a helping hand.

Here are her top five recommendations on how to maintain your New Years fitness resolutions for months to come.

Create a realistic plan to achieve your goals Its time to make your realistic and achievable plan for your realistic and achievable goals. Only you know what your body can and cannot do, so its important to stay practical and achievable in the workout routines that you choose. Its important to find out what drives you and what gives you that adrenaline rush. Its crucial to create an exciting and realistic fitness plan to reach your goals.

Track your progress It is important to track your fitness progress every step of the way. If you are not seeing progress, it is time to switch up the routine and try a different approach. Consider trying new cardio machines, take a new fitness class and outdoor activities youve always wanted to pursue. Get creative and choose a tracking method that will work for you. There are many different phone apps for tracking, daily fitness logs/journals, visual graphs and charts.

Reward yourself While its important to reward yourself after reaching important health milestones, it doesnt always have to be food-related. It can be new clothes, a well-deserved nap or a trip to the movies. You know what drives you to succeed, and your reward should not regress progress.

Surround yourself with a positive support system Its easy to get disappointed and feel like quitting, which is why having a support system is an important element on your health journey. Family and friends are often great resources for maintaining fitness resolutions. This isnt going to be a walk in the park, so having someone to lean on will help push you through emotionally and physically challenging days.

Listen to your body We all strive to be healthy, happy and fully satisfied when it comes to our bodies. It is extremely important to stay hydrated and maintain a well-balanced diet. The ability to listen to your body and being attentive to your vitamin, mineral and caloric intake will only enhance your fitness resolutions.

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After trying dozens of different online workout classes, with nothing really sticking, I was at the point of giving up on finding a good pandemic fitness routine. But then I was introduced to the streaming version of the bounce class, a beat-based, high-intensity trampoline workout from The Ness, a digital platform and New York City studio that counts Kelly Ripa, Gwyneth Paltrow and Eva Longoria as fans.

This is not the type of trampoline you played on as a kid. Instead of a massive platform that takes up half the yard, a rebounder is a round device about the size and height of a large dog bed. And even though I wish I was able to give it a try in person at The Ness chic Tribeca space, Im relieved I could begin from the comfort of my home, mainly because I got so out of breath after five minutes that I had to take a break.

As a new member, I started with a complimentary 20 minute Zoom consultation with an instructor who walked me through the key moves. The movements felt a bit silly at first, but once I got the hang of pressing down on my heels (which offers the most stable base for your body), things got a lot better. In the beginning, I was worried that my feet would get caught in the bungee cord exterior of the trampoline, but the instructor reassured me that theres no risk of slipping through the openings with sneakers on. Another fear that might come to mind is bonking your head on the ceiling. For me, at 51, I knew this would not be an issue, but taller recruits dont need to fret either: This isnt a jump as high as you can type of trampolinethe tension level ensures youll never go flying.

Once I was set up, I queued up one of the classes on The Nesss digital platform (a library of on demand classes that they launched early on in the pandemic) and jumped around to high-energy songs ranging from Justin Bieber to Janelle Mone for 30 minutes, learning the ski move and doing scissor kicks to kick my heart rate into high gear. Its intense, but funI was dripping with sweat, completely distracted from everything else going on, and felt so accomplished afterwards.

While you can do the classes on any small trampoline, The Ness just released a custom version ($399 from thenessnyc.com, with arched legs for optimal stability and 3 firmness settings) powered by Jumpsport, making it easier than ever to shake up your at-home routine. Is it worth the investment?

The health benefits and the full body workout (all from one piece of equipment) are incredible, says the brands co-founder Dria Murphy. Because the rebounder absorbs the impact on the knees and joints, the low impact nature of the movement is far less jarring to those areas compared to workouts like running. While you can feel the trampoline physically working your muscles (even your abs, which youll be working the whole time to stay balanced), it also helps other parts of your body, too: Bounce also increases lymphatic drainage, strengthens the pelvic floor as it requires more stability throughout the entire workout, helps increase bone density, and increases balance, Murphy says.

Theres also the storage factor: As opposed to a treadmill or elliptical, it can easily be stashed in a closet when its not in use. And because the noise is so minimal, any downstairs neighbors shouldn't be affected by your moves.

Now that Ive taken a few bounce classes, I can officially say that Im hooked to the point that I wont be renewing my gym membership even once everything opens again. The biggest appeal to me is the convenience factor: I just pull out the trampoline from the corner of my apartment, hook up my laptop to my TV, and hop right in. The range in class lengths (from 25 to 50 minutes) means that I always have time to get a good sweat in, even if its a quick one during my lunch break. And something Im looking forward to? Taking my trampoline outside once its warm enough. It may not be the bouncy trampoline of my childhood, but it might be just as fun.

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Now hear me out. We secure seed funding from Nike and Perdue Farms, then geotag some birds, build tracking apps for smartphones and watches, and hire studio trainers to record inspiring Mickeyisms: Ya catch this thing, ya can catch greased lightning, and so on. By next fall, CLUX could be ringing the opening bell at Nasdaq.

OK, the pitch needs fine-tuning. Its just that every form of exercise I can think of seems to be going online and striking it rich: cycling, rowing, yoga, lifting, and boxing. There are widespread reports of bellies expanding during quarantine, and many gyms remain closed. Vaccines are coming, which means that by summer, office workers could be seeing one another below the Zoom frame for the first time in more than a year.

At the same time, Wall Street beckons fitness start-ups. As recently as April, Peloton Interactive (ticker: PTON) was trading below its initial public offering price from seven months earlier. Now, the stock is up 473% year to date, valuing it at $47 billion.

Remember Nautilus (NLS)? A year ago, it was a collection of left-for-dead brands including Bowflex and Schwinn, trading at a dollar and change a share. This year, its up more than 1,000%, to a recent $21, for a market value of close to $640 million. A software upgrade has given Nautilus a Peloton shine. For $149 a year, or $99 a month, a service called JRNY uses artificial intelligence to personalize workouts. There are prerecorded trainer sessions and an app that can simulate runs through the Japanese countryside or Scottish highlands.

Most of Nautilus new machines will connect to its online platform by the end of January, versus a low-single digit percentage two years ago, according to William Blair analyst Sharon Zackfia, who initiated coverage of Nautilus with an Outperform rating in early September, when it was under $12 a share. She reckons every 100,000 subscribers will add 30 cents to yearly earnings per share, even if product investments will cause earnings to dip to $1.86 in 2021 from an estimated $2.32 a share this year.

Steve Dyer, who covers Nautilus for Craig-Hallum Capital Group, calls the home-fitness shift structural, rather than only pandemic-related, and sees Nautilus hitting $28 a share in the near term. Meeting demand will be one key. The company is adding capacity for bikes and strength machines and recently brought on a second supplier for SelectTecha dumbbell brand with its own smartphone app.

Peloton isnt taking this competitive flex sitting down. This past week, it agreed to pay $420 million for Precor, which makes strength machines and more for homes, gyms, and hotels. This will give Peloton an inroad to big customers like the no-frills gym chain Planet Fitness (PLNT) and, perhaps more important for now, its first U.S. manufacturing presence625,000 square feet in North Carolina and Washington state.

Investors are rapturous. Peloton stock rose 12% the day after the Precor announcement, adding 10 times the deal price to the companys market value. If that math makes sense, theres more where it came from: 85% of analysts who cover Peloton recommend buying shares, even though the stock price is now 13% above the average target price.

For now, Peloton is only thinly profitable. It trades at 10.4 times projected revenue for calendar 2021, versus 1.2 times for Nautilus. MKM Partners analyst Rohit Kulkarni, who has a Neutral rating on Peloton, cites as risks rising competition from Big Tech and private companies. Alphabet (GOOGL) recently gained approval from the European Commission to buy Fitbit, which makes fitness tracking bands. Apple (AAPL) this month launched Fitness+, which turns its phones and watches into workout companions. In August, Amazon.com (AMZN) launched its own fitness band, called Halo. And Facebook (FB) has Instagram, a shame-based motivational service featuring images of the slim and active.

Private players, meanwhile, have also swarmed to connected fitness. A summer funding round valued Hydrow for rowing at more than $100 million. FightCamp, by a company called Hykso, combines heavy bags, online videos, and punch countersno chickens yet. Theres Echelon, which caused Peloton stock to dive when it announced a cheap Prime smart bike sold by Amazon, although it has since abandoned that name and made clear that it isnt partners with the e-commerce giant. Mirror, which sells a big screen for workouts from kettlebell to Latin dance, was sold earlier this year to Lululemon Athletica (LULU).

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Among the most promising of the private players is ICON Health and Fitness, which owns NordicTrack and a fitness software platform called iFit, with 700,000 paid subscribers. An October funding round valued ICON at $7 billion.

There are many companies like these, and the experience of Peloton and Nautilus shares will tempt them to go public while prices and paunches remain this plump. But the opening-day price pops will pay off only for early investors. For the rest of us, the choice is among already-listed companies that still look reasonably priced, like maybe Nautilus; or indirect exposure, like with Lululemon; or even less direct exposure, through Big Tech. Fitness+ could help drive subscriptions to Apples top service bundle, called Apple One. Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives estimates service revenue for Apple could hit $65 billion this fiscal year. He values services alone at $1 trillion.

Or theres always the entrepreneurial route: find old exercises that havent yet been given an online upgrade. Come to think of it, forget Rocky II. I just noticed the ticker OOF is still available, and I have an idea for connected medicine balls.

Corrections & Amplifications:

In an earlier version of this article, Perdue Farms was spelled incorrectly.

Write to Jack Hough at jack.hough@barrons.com. Follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his Barrons Streetwise podcast.

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) With Christmas and Thanksgiving now behind us, some people are already thinking about New Years. Staying healthy and fitness goals could be difficult this year with gym access restricted in the pandemic.

Tim Griffin is a firefighter with the Carmel Fire Department and is also a certified personal trainer who says there are a lot of benefits to bringing a workout outdoors.

The sun and being outside is great for your mood, especially during this pandemic so get outside if you can, said Griffin.

Griffin adds there are ways to make working out in cold weather more enjoyable. He suggests the first step is to layer up before leaving the house.

You want to be warm when you step outside but then you want to be able to take those layers off so you dont over heat, Griffin advises.

He says to start with a bottom layer, the one closest to your skin, and one that has wicking properties so it doesnt stay wet when you stop working out.

He also advises workout overalls so you can remove bulky coats while keeping your chest warm.

Increased metabolism is another unexpected benefit to working out outdoors and while Griffin says you wont burn off all the calories from Christmas dinner, your workout will go longer.

As a first responder, Griffin emphasizes winter workout safety and making sure paths are clear of slick spots and heavy snow. He suggests planning ahead by shoveling snow or salting down pathways as a workout Saturday and then doing your own workout Sunday.

Grab an extra salt bag and youve got a weight to climb stairs or do lunges, Griffin adds.

So while working out in the cold has benefits, what happens when it gets really cold?

If it hits subzero you may want to rethink working out outside and bring it inside that day even with proper layering, said Griffin.

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The grand opening of Move with Me Studio in Peters Township was supposed to be Dec. 12.

Two days prior, Gov. Tom Wolf ordered the closing of fitness centers as part of tightened restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Lindsay Kober will be welcoming clients to her new studio as soon as possible.

I have to keep pivoting, and it really is, like great, said studio owner Lindsay Kober, chock full of irony. But also, Im so lucky. I could be bankrupt from that first time, could be worse now. I could be sick. Thats how I look at it.

Her reference was to her coming close to securing a lease at another location, one for which she would have started paying rent in March. Of course, that was the month when the governor shut down all but essential businesses as precautions against the coronavirus kicked into high gear.

The timing would have been devastating for Kober, who had worked as a trainer at FitHouse, also in Peters Township, until owner Christine Parker decided she was going to close the studio in February.

I was essentially going to take over what she had running, Kober said about the FitHouse clientele.

So I started looking for a place.

When that didnt happen, and while most Pennsylvanians essentially were stuck at home, she decided to go the virtual route for fitness training.

I converted a room in my apartment to a little workout area where I could video myself, she said, and thats when I started something called my Move With Me Home Program.

She continues to lead sessions in that manner while waiting for her studios rescheduled grand opening, which she anticipates taking place in January.

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In the meantime, she has moved to Canonsburg to be closer to her former FitHouse clients, all the while preparing for the next opportunity for her own studio. That came in late October, when she learned of space available at 501 Valley Brook Road, in the heart of the McMurray business district.

Everyone was like, Lindsay, it is not the time. We are still in this. Dont do it. Blah, blah, blah, she recalled. It is the perfect location. I cant pass it up.

She offers personal training and boot camp workouts, featuring the types of activities with which anyone who has gone through the rigors of basic training is familiar.

A native of York County, Kober earned a degree in exercise science from Coastal Carolina University, near Myrtle Beach, S.C. She came to the Pittsburgh area to work in corporate wellness for Dicks Sporting Goods.

It wasnt until I found Christine that I knew: This is what I want to do, a small studio, personal training and working one-on-one with people, she said.

One of her main objectives is to change the perception of physical fitness as a chore, something best left avoided at the end of a grueling stretch on the job.

I want people to find that working out is what helps you feel better. Its that mental release. Its that physical well-being, she said. Its not going to make you more tired. Its going to make you feel more energy to get you through your life and to get through days like that.

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Christmas dinner can be a calorific affair and whether it's the chocolates or the cheeseboard, it's easy to pack on a few extra pounds over the holidays.

But don't panic because with a little hard work and perseverance you can easily shed that weight in no time.

Things can get a bit tricky with the pandemic and if you don't feel comfortable enough going to the gym this Dublin fitness trainer has some fantastic tips to keep you looking fabulous and feeling healthier in the New Year without having to step outside your home or garden.

Dun Laoghaire man, Ben Walker, opened Anywhere Fitness right before the pandemic hit.

The fitness service offers personal training at home, online, or local gym for Dubliners.

He told Dublin Live: "Its really catering to anybody. They can come to Anywhere Fitness with their situation could say, Could you train me in the office or outside the back garden?

"If were not in level four or five, Could you train me in my living room? Im too scared to train altogether. Can you train me online?'

"Thats the basis of it now in Ireland."

The 34-year-old, who moved back from Toronto after 10 years, said his aim is to "make fitness more accessible".

Here are some of his top tips to shed that post-holiday weight:

"There would be a lot of people doing Zoom right now because there will be some family members getting together for Christmas, but a lot of people will be doing Zoom social groups for maybe a few drinks and this and that.

"Those same groups who are already getting together for social events should organise fitness classes together. Theyve kind of assembled the same ten or fifteen people together on a Zoom for eating or drinking together.

"Going into the New Year they should try and make that their fitness session.

"Each week, someone could play the role of instructor each week, one person the instructor and the next week someone else the instructor. That way they wont bail on each other."

Ben added: "If thats all a bit complicated then what you can do is assemble that class, then hire an instructor or personal trainer from us and if they want to get ten or fifteen people involved then well make an arrangement with them.

"Its very cost-effective if everyone pitches in. It keeps everybody social, doing the right thing, keeping healthy without going off the rails staying at home."

"I notice as a trainer that lots of people are starting to cancel on me now. They say theyre sick but I know the story the parties are out, the work parties are out.

"I think the way to avoid it is to try to tell people to get up 45 minutes earlier at the moment in the morning because social events are going to come up even if theyre not pencilled in because it can be very spontaneous.

"Tell people to assume they wont be able to do it in the evening so get up 45 minutes earlier and invest in light equipment like mats and fitness bands things you can do a full-body workout with.

"Theyre easy to do and dont cost much since theyre in demand right now. Getting up in the morning at say 6 am or 7 am assuming they wont be able to do it later."

"Another great tip is low-calorie drinks and low-calorie beer. Try to drink one small glass of water between drinks what that does is it helps you to stay sober and wake up on time so you can still do that workout.

"That helps you not to go off the rails, skipping workouts in the morning and having loads of calories in the evening."

"Increase the number of steps you take before the end of the year. Download an app that records how many steps you take on a daily basis. Increase your cardiovascular activity by walking instead of driving and taking public transport.

"This helps to boost your metabolism, burn more calories, and reduces the time getting stuck in the Christmas traffic.

"This can help keep the weight off and save some extra funds before the new year.

"Find different ways to increase your aerobic activity while on the move. Take the stairs instead of the escalator/elevator. If not stuck for time, walk home if doing Christmas shopping."

"End of the year is a better time than any to get physical chores done around the house. Being at home doesn't mean you have to be completely sedentary.

"Try to put 30-45 minutes aside daily to lift clutter that needs to be removed, shovel the garden, rake the leaves, or take part in home renovations.

"This activity is a great form of exercise and helps burn those extra calories we consume daily at the end of the year. It's also a less stressful time to get a lot of these things done before the new year starts again."

You can check out Ben's website for more fitness and exercise tips here.

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Project OverviewQingdao Citizen Fitness Center is the venue project for the 24th Games of Shandong Province. The first phase of construction mainly consists of one stadium, namely 60,000 stadiums and 15,000 gymnasiums.Located in jiaozhou Bay coastal area of Qingdao city, the project is located in the geographical and geometric center of Qingdao city, airport, high-speed railway station and other regional transportation hubs. Together with 13 municipal major projects such as Hongdao Convention and Exhibition Center and Jiqing High-speed Railway Hongdao Station, it constitutes the public center on the north shore of Qingdao.

Since its completion, Qingdao Citizen Fitness Center has not only hosted the 24th Games of Shandong Province, but also hosted the national team after the games Men's and women's basketball, volleyball and so on several international events and variety of activities, also recently successfully hosted the as epidemic prevention and control under the domestic first restart the big sporting events, the Chinese men's basketball professional league 2019-2020 season (CBA) heats the second phase of 40 games, hardware facilities and events organization conditions so as to obtain the yao Ming, the chairman of the Chinese basketball association organizations such as sufficiently high praise. As the competition center with the largest construction scale, the best hardware facilities and the highest technological content in Shandong Province, in 2019, the center will be open for more than 360 days a year, with an average daily opening time of 8 hours and an open area of more than 80%, becoming the new name card of Qingdao city.

Design FeaturesCoastal landscape site construction based on Qingdao Marine regional cultureThe project is located in the geographic and geometric center of Qingdao, the airport, high-speed railway station and other regional transportation hubs in the urban location, and constitutes the public center of the north shore of Qingdao together with hongdao Convention and Exhibition Center, Jiqing High-speed Railway Hongdao Station and other municipal major projects. Through the multi-dimensional and multi-path viewing from the space nodes of major cities, as well as the line of sight analysis of "seeing" and "being seen" between hongdao Station, a compact layout with moderate separation and non-occlusion is formed, which not only maximizes the urban appearance of venue elements, but also ensures the intensive utilization of land to the maximum extent. The project mainly includes three core functions: stadium, gymnasium and outdoor training ground. Wetland park is reserved in the building layout to form an intensive layout;The large-volume stadium is raised to touch the wetland, and the second-floor sea-viewing platform is built. Do not do basement, as far as possible to protect the wetland landscape.

At the same time, based on Qingdao Marine regional culture poetic construction: through simulating Qingdao Marine biological thread intensive growth structure, the venue space intensive is realized; And it is related to the coastal culture of Qingdao, and with the Marine cultural intention of "cloud", "sea", "sand" and "shellfish", it becomes the landscape logo on the takeoff and landing channel of Jiaozhou new airport that can be interpreted by passengers with multiple meanings: "The sand of the sea" -- the stadium is composed of the roof and facade with light and undulating patterns, which looks like the beach brushed by the waves. "The Shell of clouds" -- the white ellipsoid of the stadium symbolizes the beach shells under the blue sky and white clouds. The stadium is a class A large stadium, which can hold international individual events and national comprehensive events, including competition venues, practice venues, spectator stands, spectator evacuation platforms and event rooms; The stadium is a super large Class A stadium, which can hold international individual events and national comprehensive events.

Intensive space system based on the best experience in competition[Compact homogeneous Inner Field and Circular Hall]Each system plane of the stadium adopts the most intensive circular form. On the section, the saddle-shaped curves of the inner and outer cornice of the tent correspond to the profile of the stand that rises from the circular view of the seat. In order to meet the visual quality and the wind speed during the match, the grandstand is designed to form a compact and highly enclosed layout, so that the visual line can not only meet the needs of holding track and field matches, but also give consideration to the possibility of watching football matches as the home of local professional clubs after the match. The front row seats are as close to the match field as possible, both on the plane and in the section, so as to improve the clarity and spatial cohesion of the spectators watching the core football match.

The ring around the stand to the hall maximizes the reduction of the distance from the audience to the entrance: the audience enters the hall through the "pointed ticket" shaped entrance which is evenly distributed to the circle and reaches the corresponding entrance of the stand area of the pool; Vertical traffic adopts steel structure straight running stairs with stronger guidance, which is uniformly arranged in accordance with the twill direction of the outer curtain wall and leads the audience into the four-storey block.

The lower roof of the competition hall in the middle of the stadium allows viewers to view the screens, focus their eyes on the field, and reduce the energy consumption of air conditioning. The roof adopts radial radial steel beam and cable system, which forms a strong sense of centrality with the ring horse way and bucket screen. The ring hall adopts four groups of "double layer vertical superposition type" straight running stairs "tube body", the interior is fire stairs, directly leading to the outdoor platform, on which an open staircase is formed, leading to the four-storey building block. This kind of transportation means that cleverly combines the fire protection and public facilities is convenient to guide the audience and greatly saves the interior space.

Stadium by stadium also enhances the identity of the internal space through the high purity color and identification system. The four colors of "green", "red", "blue" and "yellow" are used in the color design of the stadium ring hall. They are respectively used in the four stand areas of the ring Hall in the east, west, south and north, symbolizing the urban elements facing the base in the east, west, south and north -- Qingdao, Red Island, Dahai and Huangdao. The color of the stands is gradually transferred from the yellow of the beach in the pool area to the blue of the ocean in the building area, which not only improves the orientation identification of the audience, but also integrates the regional culture of Qingdao and the sports temperament of the sports architecture. The competition hall in the stadium is a Mosaic of red and yellow colors, which respectively represent the red island and the Yellow Island.

[Concise and clear external valance system]The outermost layer of each stadium consists of two floors, both of which are composed of an external curtain system extending from the facade to the roof, covering the ring hall and the grandstand space. The inner layer is steel structure, and the outer layer is continuous facade curtain wall and metal roof canopy. The roof steel structure system is a suspension structure composed of rigid steel beam and cable. The roof drainage adopts an inner ring rain ditch, a built-in siphon rain water mouth, and two overflow gutters leading directly to the outer curtain wall, which fully guarantees the safety of the roof structure. The air inlet and exhaust shaft uniformly arranged on the top of the audience lounge penetrates the metal roof in the way of vertical shaft, and is hidden in the cavity under the aluminum plate layer above, ensuring the continuity of the roof and facade.

[Sustainable Complex Venue]In the design, the possibility of convenient transformation and operation after the race is fully considered from the perspective of functional matching and spatial layout. Stadiums and arenas can be used for individual international and national competitions, including athletics and football. The grandstand mainly consists of pool, box and building areas, and the lower base is the event room for VIP, media, judges and athletes. The building adopts a 12-18m long column network, which is conducive to segmentation. After the match, it can be transformed into a room for football matches and a conference center. The balcony box on the floor of the building can be used as the office space of the operating unit at ordinary times.

The multi-functional layout is adopted in the competition hall of the stadium, which can realize the multi-functional transformation of basketball, gymnastics, handball and other competitions as well as the convention, exhibition and performing arts through the change of telescopic seats in the pool block area. The removable seating area in the floor and the exercise hall at the bottom of the stadium are used for spectators and athletes' warm-up areas respectively during the competition. After the competition, they will be converted into a public fitness space.

The platform is also responsible for the evacuation of spectators in the provincial sports, and has now opened to the public, becoming a beautiful sea-watching fitness trail in the air. The large space up to 8m at the bottom of the platform can also be "returned" to the public after the game, and transformed into commercial operation space such as maker office, boutique hotel, catering and entertainment, sports business gallery, ocean exhibition hall, etc., to form a comprehensive sports block with immersive experience

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