An Survey On The Status Of The Middle-aged And Elderly Persons Participating In Sports For Athletics Of Taiyuan City

Objective:Physical Health of the elderly is the "National Fitness Program," an important part of the aging population in China in the 21st century one of the most prominent social issues, access to relevant documents by the contents found in the older age groups about the research has focused on Medicine, nursing, demography, sociology and other fields, from sports fitness, track and field theoretical point of view based on the few studies done in the elderly. Therefore, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province for this group of older community health aspects of track and field investigation is necessary. In this thesis, the "National Fitness Program" under the premise of the background to track and field fitness theory, the community participation of older persons in Taiyuan track the status of fitness was investigated for the majority of urban communities to provide scientific and physical health in the elderly Approach to enhance the people's physical fitness to cultivate awareness of the purpose of lifelong exercise.Methods:The thesis of -10 in April 2010 following the month in Taiyuan Branch participate in the third body of the national physique monitoring Taiyuan People's Republic of monitoring sites visited during the nearly 30 communities in Taiyuan City, received 45 physical fitness The elderly over the age of the study. Through the use of literature, expert interview survey, questionnaire and statistics and other research methods, elderly community in Taiyuan see the status of track and field fitness activities was investigated.Results:(1) in Taiyuan City, the elderly in the community to participate in track and field female fitness is greater than the number of older age groups of men and women in the older communities in the elderly compared with male fitness is more like a collective form of exercise.(2) track and field fitness walking, jogging, fitness jumping in Taiyuan community health activities in older age groups are more universal in application. Taiyuan track and field generally agree that the elderly in the community fitness walk, jogging, fitness jumping and other sports content on the maintenance of great benefit to improve their own health.(3) The time in Taiyuan fitness in the elderly community are concentrated in the day, morning and evening, physical activity time in more than 60 minutes. Fitness to participate in the process of track and field, mostly hang out alone, or fitness, track and field during the absence of relevant professional fitness instruction and organization.(4) most of the streets of Taiyuan community sports venues and sports equipment deficiencies, constraints in elderly community residents to participate in track and field exercise. Choice community closer to home most choose the nearest parks and squares as their own fitness training places.(5) track and field fitness walking, jogging, fitness jumping in Taiyuan community health activities in older age groups are more universal in application. Fitness to participate in the process of track and field, mostly hang out alone, or fitness, track and field during the absence of relevant professional fitness instruction and organization.Conclusions and recommendations:(1) as the basic unit of urban neighborhoods and communities, health club offering the elderly in the community, local government finance departments, district offices and community residents in the community together to solve the problem of expenses to enrich the community life of older persons. Social groups at the community regularly to the streets to send instructors to the health of society "in the old sports and fitness science"is the theme for fitness training guide, solve Taiyuan community sports and fitness in older people to participate in the practical problems, improve middle-aged community People's own awareness of health.(2) The local government should be free or cheap to elderly residents in the community under the jurisdiction of public health establishments; on fitness equipment and has built should pay attention to regular maintenance, maintenance; local government decision-makers in accelerating the economic development of the local party Urban communities in the elderly should take into account the lives of well-being of this group, in the pursuit of rapid development of the local GDP figures at the same time, for the general elderly population in low-income communities left an open space, a green space.(3) neighborhoods and communities where people regularly organized sports, holidays, organize and carry out the traditional characteristics of local traditional fitness activities. Fitness to create a good environment and atmosphere, meeting the community needs of the elderly group fitness training, emphasis on community living in the old sense of happiness, full implementation of the "National Fitness Program" content and build a harmonious society.