The Impact of Health and Recreational Sports Dance Activities on the Physical Condition Indicators of Individuals in the Second Period of Mature Age

Abstract

Issues related to engaging the adult population in specially organized physical activity, which serves as a means of counteracting health risk factors and contributes to the expansion of functional capacities, improvement of physical fitness indicators, and the organization of meaningful leisure, are at the center of scientific interest. One of the pressing tasks is the development of programs and the involvement of individuals in the second period of mature age in health and recreational activities due to the onset of natural involutional changes in this age group. Research aim – to theoretically substantiate and develop a health and recreational sports dance program for individuals in the second period of mature age and to determine its effectiveness. Research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature data; anthropometric research methods; physiological research methods; psychodiagnostic research methods; pedagogical research methods; methods of mathematical statistics.

Research results: The prerequisites for developing a health and recreational sports dance program for individuals in the second period of mature age included studying the morphological and functional status indicators of their bodies. The Robinson index was found to be below the average level in 62.5% of men and 50% of women. A medium level of physical performance was observed in 62.5% of men and 50% of women. It was established that the majority of men and women exhibited a satisfactory state of well-being (50% and 62.5%, respectively), activity (62.5% and 75%), and mood (50% and 50%). These data were taken into account in the development of the health and recreational sports dance program, aimed at improving the physical and psycho-emotional state of individuals in the second period of mature age. The program included theoretical knowledge and practical material. The content of the program was designed for 72 hours. Classes following the author's program were conducted for six months, three times a week. Each session lasted 60 minutes.

Conclusions: The effectiveness of the health and recreational sports dance program was confirmed by the positive dynamics of functional state indicators in individuals in the second period of mature age, specifically men and women aged 36-45 years, as well as by improvements in the physical and mental components of quality of life.