Fostering a Culture of Lifestyle Physical Activity That Is Relatable for All Individuals and Communities to Embrace

Cavallini, M. Felicia; Dyck, David J.

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“…and other yardwork activities (62%). Each of these popular areas have physical health benefits [10,15,16] and can easily be incorporated into the course of the day while accomplishing every day routine tasks and responsibilities [7,17]. With 80% of the older male population from Southern Ontario choosing "walking" as the top descriptor for PA, more effort should be made to promote walking as a viable form of PA, especially among the elderly.…”

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J Fam Med Dis Prev

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Sedentary behavior increases the risk of high blood pressure, obesity, and of particular concern in the elderly, a loss of muscle mass and decline in cognitive performance. Numerous risk factors are predictive of mortality rates in the elderly, including lack of moderate or vigorous exercise. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of physical activity and exercise, participation and perceptions of traditional gyms, as well as motivators to be physically active in older males (65+ years) in Southern Ontario. The first phase involved focus group sessions with adults aged 18 years and up, representing 13 diverse groups from rural and urban communities in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Based on the responses from Phase I, a survey questionnaire was created to validate the findings of the focus group interviews. The surveys were distributed to the same community groups where the focus group data were collected. Results revealed the 18-34 and 35-64 age groups, and older males generally make the same associations with exercise or physical activity. "Better health" was chosen the most often as the number one ranked motivator by the older males (36%), with "Longevity" and "Feeling good and happier afterwards" tied for second (16% each). The older male population from Southern Ontario viewed exercise as "planned, structured, regimented, routine, and repetitive" (50%), a "stress reliever" (53%), and achieving a real sense of accomplishment and happiness post workout (54%). The top three descriptors associated with lifestyle physical activities are walking (80%), taking the stairs (65%), and gardening, raking leaves, shoveling snow and other yardwork activities (62%). In addition, the older Southern Ontario adult population are comfortable enough with the gym culture but would prefer to focus on physical activity outside the gym setting. Moreover, the older males also ranked the affective motivator, "feeling good and happier afterwards" in their top two motivators to be physically active. Family members, health and wellness experts, and the medical community must be responsible in focusing on each older person's needs to become more physically active, realizing that most older adults prefer lifestyle physical activity.

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“…Групповая форма является одной из основных в настоящее время по способу организации и проведения занятий в сфере физкультурно-оздоровительных услуг для женского контингента [11,12]. В реальных практических условиях групповые занятия имеют как значительные достоинства, так и существенные недостатки.…”

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Organizational and Methodical Aspects of Individualization of Health Improving Female Training

Севдалев¹,

Skidan²,

Vrublevskiy³

2020

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Aim. The paper deals with theoretical and experimental substantiation of an individual approach to health-improving female training. Materials and methods. A specific individual orientation of training effects for women aged from 21 to 35 years was determined depending on their somatotypes: asthenic (n = 14), normosthenic (n = 18) and hypersthenic (n = 16). Individual somatotype-based health-improving training programs were implemented by 48 women during a nine-month macrocycle. The following research methods were used: anthropometric measurements, somatotyping, control and pedagogical tests, a set of biomedical methods, pedagogical observation, pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics. Results. Distinctive somatotype features, body composition, functional status, physical fitness were determined in women engaged in shaping. The asthenic type is characterized by the smallest weight and height, as well as body circumference measurements, vital capacity, hand dynamometry, and body composition data. The hypersthenic type is described by the highest figures for the parameters studied. The normosthenic somatotype is distinguished by average data. Assessment of physical development, functional status and physical fitness in women demonstrated deviations from standard values for most indicators. The individualized method of developing health-improving female training programs based on somatotype characteristics provided statistically significant positive dynamics of physical development, body composition, functional status, physical fitness compared with the initial values. Conclusion. The focus of health-improving training programs for women aged from 21 to 35 years is determined based on morphofunctional and conditioning features that are specific for various somatotypes.

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Fostering a Culture of Lifestyle Physical Activity That Is Relatable for All Individuals and Communities to Embrace

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