Abstract:

The objective of this study is to study the effects of regular exercise on physical fitness and functional fitness age in young-age women. The research was carried out at the Golden Years Life Center, which provides daily activity service. For the execution of the exercise program and test applications, the institution has been granted official permission. The study included 27 volunteers over the age of 65 who served from this center, without health problems and chronic pain, independent in their daily life activities, without need of support. Women in the exercise group(n=13) were taken to the two-day exercise program a week, including breathing exercises, posture exercises, muscle strength, balance, flexibility, falling exercises. Women in the control group (n=14) have only participated in other activities such as handmade, painting, chess. Senior Fitness Test (SFT) is used to measure your physical fitness. Equality has been used to calculate age functions. Analysis of the data obtained in the study in the SPSS 20.0 package program used the Mann Whitney U test to compare the parametric independent variable average and the t test to compare the non-parametric average. At the beginning of the study, there was a difference between the group’s flexibility-dynamic balance, and the age of functional conformity (p<0,05). There was no significant difference between leg strength, arm strength, aerobic capacity, upper side flexibility and lower side flexibility (p>0,05). Six months later in the exercise group; between two times the strength of the leg, the strength of the arm, the elasticity-dynamic balance, the aerobic capacity, the functional conformity age significant changes were observed (p<0,05). In the control group; the strength of the leg, flexibility-dynamic balance, functional physical conformity age significant changes were found (p<0,05). After the exercise there was a significant difference in the strength of the arm between the two groups (p<0,05). Regular exercise has been the most effective in the strength of the arms of young-age women. The age of functional physical fitness has improved in both groups.

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