Brother goes swimming across the Jialing River everyday after work.
Nanchong November 6th news, according to the voice of China's "news late peak", for office workers, take a bus every day. Or driving, is a common way to travel. But Chen Gang, a taxi driver in Nanchong, has a special way of traveling - swimming home every day, and has insisted on two years and five months.
Chen Gang, 36 years old, has been driving taxis in Nanchong for four years. After 6 o'clock every afternoon, Chen Gang came to the Jialing River and prepared to cross home. Chen Gang was first to do a little warm-up, then put the changed clothes in a drifting bag, the water diameter straight to the Jialing River, 500 meters away, 20 minutes later, and then walk home 2 kilometers. Starting from June 2013, almost every day after work, Chen Gang will go home by crossing the Jialing River. Why do
insist on swimming home every day after work? Chen Gang says it's easy to get sick when you have a sedentary taxi. Two years ago, my body weight reached 92 kg, suffering from hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia, and the body was in a sub-health state for a long time. In order to change his physical condition, in May 2013, he ran a fitness card in a health club in the city, tried to run through a running body, run for a month, because of a knee injury, had to give up, then opened his journey home across the Jialing River, swimming home for nothing, only for health.
Chen Gang said that there are more than 3000 taxi drivers in the three District of Nanchong. Many people suffer from occupational diseases such as cervical pain and lumbar pain. Under his guidance, some colleagues have joined the ranks of swimming fitness. At present, they are preparing to set up a Nanchong taxi driver swimming Association.