(1.Department of Physical Education,Xidian University,Xi' an 710126,China; 2.School of Physical Education,Chengdu Normal University,Chengdu 611130,China) Abstract: To examine the fitness perceptions of urban women in the new era and their constructive logic through the methods of participant observation and interviews. The study shows that in the process of fitness practice, urban women's fitness cognition shows the stage characteristics of "experiencing oneself" cognition of presenting the image of "the other" under the gender order, "surpassing oneself" cognition of body sculpture and emotional expression, and "pleasing oneself" cognition of returning to the demand for physical and mental health. In urban women's fitness practice, the family's respect for the female subject, women's respect for the aesthetic perception of "beauty of strength", and the "redemption" of the body and mind under the fast-paced lifestyle, all these have jointly construct the fitness perception of urban women nowadays. Keywords: female sport;urban women;female fitness;fitness cognition
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