Try classic indoor exercise: Ba Duan Jin

The Chinese government has been promoting such classical qigong exercises since the late 1950s. The People's Sports Press under the General Administration of Sports had published Tiyu Duanlian Fangfa Congshu, a book series on methods for physical exercise, between 1957-77.

These books were reprinted several times, with popular titles including Ba Duan Jin, Yi Jin Jing, Wu Qin Xi (five-animal frolics), Health Massage, Medical Massage and Simplified Tai Ji Quan. Each of these had reportedly sold at least 2 million copies as of 1978 when Chinese people began looking to sports from abroad and paying less attention to local, traditional sports.