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广西男子独创“铁鞋功” 每天穿150公斤重铁板锻炼

Zhang Enshun, a 42-year-old man from Yulin City, in China’s Guangxi Province, has been training in the art of “iron shoes” for the last five months, and has already made significant progress. After seeing news reports of people working out by walking with heavy weights attached to their feet, and hearing them talk about the benefits of this training, Zhang decided to try it for himself. He began by attaching one steel plate, weighing around 18.75 kilograms, to each of his feet and trying to take a few steps with it. Today, he can walk around with four of these heavy plates attached to each foot, for a total weight of 150 kilograms.

“The weight of these shoes is more than twice my body weight, but I can walk more than 50 meters in them in around 20 minutes,” Zhang Enshun said, adding that he walks between 200 and 300 meters in his iron shoes every day.

Before starting his iron shoe training, Zhang fastens the iron blocks to his feet using thick belts. When he walks, he also does Tai Chi, for a more complete workout. He recently told local reporters that he has made great progress in the last five months. Despite quadrupling the weight on each foot, he is still able to lift his feet 2 centimeters off the ground, and advance up to 20 centimeters with each step.

The 42-year-old claims that apart from strengthening his muscles and leg bones, the iron shoe workout improves his blood circulation and keeps his joints healthy. However, experts warn that this sort of exercise, which has been practiced in China for some time, has its risks. Deputy Chief Physician Liang Zhou of the Yulin Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Orthopedic Hospital says that everyone’s bones are different, and that the pressure a person’s bones and joints can withstand is limited, so increasing the weight of the iron shoes too much can cause serious injuries. Dr. Liang advised anyone wanting to take up this workout to exercise great caution.