Shanghai leads a new trend in fitness for the elderly, attracting more “grandfathers” to go out and exercise

Release time:Jun 11, 2024 17:03 PM

Playing table tennis, practicing Tai Chi, and dancing in the square... As an important part of Shanghai, a world-famous sports city, older men, the "uncle uncles" of Shanghai, are increasingly stepping out of their homes to participate in a variety of activities. With the advent of physical exercise, a new trend of fitness for the elderly has formed.

In recent years, the Shanghai Senior Citizens Sports Association has continued to participate in the special fund award program for sports social organizations launched by the Shanghai Sports Federation, and has received financial awards many times. In 2023, it won the comprehensive award. Promoted by special funds, the Municipal Elderly Sports Association actively promotes the development of the association in the direction of socialization, physicalization, standardization, professionalization, internationalization and digitalization of sports social organizations, so as to provide better sports services for the elderly in Shanghai.

Special funds lead the creation, and senior sports demonstration streets and towns are springing up.

In 2019, the Shanghai Elderly Sports Association compiled the "Shanghai Elderly Sports Association's Three-Year Action Plan for Municipal and District Co-creation of Senior Sports Demonstration Street and Town Activities". With the support of special funds, the Municipal Elderly Sports Association, through the linkage of urban streets and towns, highlighted the "one street, one product" creation feature in the creation of elderly sports demonstration streets and towns, and successfully promoted multiple rounds of elderly sports demonstrations through the creation of subsidies. With the creation of streets and towns, the number of senior sports demonstration streets and towns in the city has now reached 54.

Through the creation of senior sports demonstration streets and towns, 16 districts in Shanghai have now established district-level senior sports associations, and the demonstration streets and towns have also formed a demonstration and leading role in each district. In Chonggu Town, Qingpu District, there is a well-known Yue Opera troupe. The town cultural activity center combined the retired dan actors in the troupe with the square dance team to achieve a cultural and sports integration. It added drama elements to the square dance choreography process and achieved success. The unique Chonggu Shanghai-style square dance was performed. Through the establishment of senior sports demonstration streets and towns, this work has also formed a leveraging effect: the sub-district and town-level governments and community cultural and sports centers are more cooperative with the work of the Municipal Senior Sports Association, and are more concerned about the sports work of the elderly and have increased their investment. .

It is worth mentioning that in the process of establishing the elderly sports demonstration streets and towns, the Municipal Elderly Sports Association paid special attention to the key indicator of "1,000 men's sports performance". Guided by this indicator system, Caohejing Street in Xuhui District established an elderly male disco team. A group of old uncles, each with a guitar, integrated playing and singing into square dancing, which is unique. They have won awards in many competitions.

This year, the Municipal Senior Sports Association plans to carry out star rating in 54 senior sports demonstration towns, with the highest level being five stars, to give these demonstration towns a step forward in further development and progress. Among them, four-star demonstration towns are required to have national senior sports project brands, and five-star demonstration towns are required to have international senior sports project brands.

The events are rich and varied, and the elderly can travel with the events

At present, the Municipal Senior Sports Association has organized 164 planned competitions throughout the year, and has guided nearly 300 competitions throughout the city. The association has made great efforts to promote the participation of elderly men in physical exercise, and has provided a stage for elderly men to show their sports talents by holding various events.

Among them, the "Big Hands Holding Little Hands" fun table tennis competition not only allows elderly men to enjoy the fun of table tennis, but also allows them to compete with their grandchildren to enhance family harmony. This event has been held for many years, and 16 districts will actively form teams to participate. This year, the event has formed a competition scale of preliminaries at the village level, semi-finals at the district level, and finals at the city level.

In order to actively respond to the "three advancements" activities of "sports events entering scenic spots, neighborhoods, and business districts" carried out by the General Office of the State Sports General Administration, the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce, and the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Municipal Elderly Sports Association plans to launch sports tourism for the elderly Activities allow the elderly to enjoy the joy of exercise while enjoying the beautiful scenery. This year, the Municipal Elderly Sports Association will promote the elderly table curling project. Through mutual visits and exchanges with the Ningbo Elderly Sports Association on this project, a two-way "sports tourism" of the elderly table curling project will be formed.

In addition, the association will take the lead in launching a major joint sports tourism event for senior citizens in Shanghai. It plans to organize senior sports exchange activities in scenic spots in the five districts throughout the year, calling on the senior sports associations in each district to act as both hosts and guests, and have fun in Shanghai without leaving the city.

Innovative service products are launched to help the elderly find organizations and services around them

At present, the Municipal Senior Sports Association has formed a four-level management network system at the city, district, street and town, and village levels. The association has 38 project committees, bringing together a group of professionals to connect with various districts to carry out activities.

Yuan Liaoxin, executive vice president of the Municipal Elderly Sports Association, said that with the promotion of special funds, the Municipal Elderly Sports Association has also achieved remarkable results in innovation work. Through in-depth research, the association found that elderly citizens have greater demand for learning sports skills. In order to meet the needs of elderly citizens for learning sports skills, the Municipal Elderly Sports Association, under the guidance of the China Senior Citizens Sports Association, became a training site certified by the National Senior Citizens Sports Association and launched a series of citizen sports and fitness skills guidance training. These training activities not only improve the sports skills of the elderly, but also make them more aware of the importance of scientific fitness.

In order to facilitate the elderly to participate in physical exercise and find relevant information, the Municipal Elderly Sports Association will design and produce a “City Elderly Sports and Fitness Map” on the WeChat applet. The elderly can easily find nearby fitness venues and activity information by simply scanning the QR code, allowing the elderly to find sports organizations, sports services and sports knowledge around them.

In addition, the Municipal Elderly Sports Association also cooperated with the Shanghai Institute of Sports Science to launch a fitness nutrition formula for the elderly. This nutritional formula formulates a scientific diet plan based on the physical condition and exercise needs of the elderly, aiming to help the elderly perform better physical exercises and maintain good health. At the same time, the association has also reached a strategic cooperation with the Shanghai Agricultural Exhibition Center to launch agricultural and sideline products corresponding to elderly fitness nutrition formulas on WeChat and mini program platforms for citizens to choose and purchase.

Shanghai leads a new trend in fitness for the elderly, attracting more “grandfathers” to go out and exercise

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