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thinks that online fitness classes will
continue in the future. “I have told my
students to film clips of them exercis-
ing at home as I do, so I can use them
in the future for teaching,” Chow says.
The lecturer believes that people
of this generation should be more
open-minded and try to explore dif-
ferent ways of exercising. She suggests
coaches could think of different kinds
of exercises that can be done eas-
ily and safely at home, such as body-
weight training, circuit training and
high-intensity interval training.
Chow also encourages coaches to
exercise with students during lessons.
The lecturer says coaches can provide
feedback and instructions during the
Cheung Koon-tung is a representative of the Hong Kong Fitness process to motivate students.
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(Photo courtesy of Cheung Koon-tung)
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pay HK$70,000 a month for rent with
profits he made earlier on.
After Tsang’s rock-climbing cen-
tre was allowed to re-open, his rev-
enue has still not returned to the level
during the period before the closure.
“Our revenue has dropped by around
25 per cent. We have fewer students
now than we used to have,” Tsang says.
Despite this, Tsang has no desire to
do online classes. “The difficulties of
doing online classes remain. Now that
we can re-open, we plan to hold more
physical classes,” he says.
Chow Chi-ngan, an assistant lec-
turer from the Department of Sport
Science and Physical Education of the
Chinese University of Hong Kong, be-
lieves that online coaching may lead
to undesirable effects for students.
“When training lessons are on-
line, instructions may be unclear and
leads to exercising with improper
technique. Coaches cannot monitor
students and they may get injured,”
Chow explains. Tsang Put-long is the owner of a rock-climbing facility
Despite the difficulties, Chow (Photo courtesy of Tsang Put-long)