<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic><bold>Introduction</bold></italic>. Together with longer human lives, increase in economy level and higher social expectations, there is also need for developing science studies on physical culture and its role in prevention of ageing. Taking care of physical fitness is one of the main factor that guarantees both health and high quality life for millions of older people. The purpose of this article was to determine the changes of physical fitness level under the influence of Nordic walking trainingin women aged 60-75 years. <italic><bold>Material and methods</bold></italic>. 65 women aged 60-75 years were the subject of this study. Women were divided into 2 groups: control group (26 people) and experimental group (39 people). Women from experimental group were taking part in Nordic walking training for 15 weeks, 2 times a week, 60 minutes each meeting. To determine the level of physical fitness some trials from EUROFIT test for adults were applied and march test 2 km was held. <italic><bold>Results</bold></italic>. The trend of improvement of physical fitness under health education and Nordic walking training was determined. The best results was on endurance field (statistically significant p&lt;0.05). It was also observed slight decrease in physical fitness in women that didn't take part in mentioned training.</p></abstract>

Introduction. Together with longer human lives, increase in economy level and higher social expectations, there is also need for developing science studies on physical culture and its role in prevention of ageing. Taking care of physical fitness is one of the main factor that guarantees both health and high quality life for millions of older people. The purpose of this article was to determine the changes of physical fitness level under the influence of Nordic walking trainingin women aged 60-75 years. Material and methods. 65 women aged 60-75 years were the subject of this study. Women were divided into 2 groups: control group (26 people) and experimental group (39 people). Women from experimental group were taking part in Nordic walking training for 15 weeks, 2 times a week, 60 minutes each meeting. To determine the level of physical fitness some trials from EUROFIT test for adults were applied and march test 2 km was held. Results. The trend of improvement of physical fitness under health education and Nordic walking training was determined. The best results was on endurance field (statistically significant p<0.05). It was also observed slight decrease in physical fitness in women that didn't take part in mentioned training.

Nordic Walking Training and Physical Fitness in Elderly Women

Jędrzej Śniadecki University of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk, Faculty of Tourism and Recreation, Department of Recreation and Qualified Tourism

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism

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Introduction. Together with longer human lives, increase in economy level and higher social expectations, there is also need for developing science studies on...

Nordic Walking Training and Physical Fitness in Elderly Women

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 253 - 257

Received: Oct 27, 2014

Accepted: Nov 21, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjst-2015-0006

Keywords
women aged 60-75, endurance, strength, flexibility, Nordic walking training

© 2015 Zbigniew Ossowski et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Nordic Walking Training and Physical Fitness in Elderly Women

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 253 - 257

Received: Oct 27, 2014

Accepted: Nov 21, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjst-2015-0006

Keywordswomen aged 60-75, endurance, strength, flexibility, Nordic walking training

© 2015 Zbigniew Ossowski et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
women aged 60-75, endurance, strength, flexibility, Nordic walking training