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Health & Fitness
Well-Being
Elderly exercise: Why a German initiative to build...
While there has recently been a boom in seniors-oriented playgrounds, a new study finds that the elderly do not want to exercise in public.Staying fit and healthy as one ages is a tough task.
Gyms, full of active younger people, may not be the most welcoming environment. Equally, many people are not up to joining a local sports team. For a while, a German initiative to build playgrounds with exercise machines that are directed towards children, as well as the elderly, seemed like a perfect solution.
Franz Simon, a senior citizen from Frankfurt, enjoys using his local playground every day.
When going for a stroll, the 80-year-old likes to use a foot rocker in a forest playground for children and elderly people that has been a public amenity since 2007.
"I immediately fell in love with the foot rocker because old and young people can use it together," said Simon of the "cross generational exercise machine."
But hardly anyone else in Simon's age group shares his opinion, according to a new study by Wiesbaden Polytechnic in western Germany.
The results contradict the current trend in Germany for building playgrounds designed with the elderly in mind.
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