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A researcher at the UCAM shows that strength training in elderly people is of great importance in the prevention and treatment of diseases such as sarcopenia, osteoporosis or chronic diseases, among others.
However, there are few who practice it.
The research of Professor Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo, of the Faculty of Sports of the Catholic University of Murcia, published by the magazine 'Scientific Reports', belonging to the prestigious group Nature, highlights that strength training in the elderly It is of great importance in the prevention and treatment of diseases such as sarcopenia, osteoporosis, chronic diseases and the loss of functional capacity, among others.
Even so, there are few older people who practice it;
in many cases due to lack of knowledge about their benefits and to a greater extent because they get bored and end up abandoning.
In the article published by the professor and researcher of the UCAM, Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo, entitled "Impact of a motivational resistance-training program on adherence and body composition in the elderly", in which the researchers Alexander Gil- Arias of the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid and Alejandro Martínez Rodríguez of the University of Alicante, shows the importance of the physical-sport educators to know how to use different motivational strategies during the trainings with older people to help them to include in their daily habits the regular practice of physical exercise and, with that, adhering and achieving improvements at a physical, psychological and social level.
Therefore, the authors have designed 10 motivational strategies for muscle strength training programs in older people that will help the practitioner to achieve greater satisfaction of basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence and social relationships), generating greater intrinsic motivation for the physical exercise, entailing this, a greater adherence to the practice and together with the realization of an adequate program of strength training, achieve benefits for your health at an integral level (physical, psychological and social).
As indicated by Dr. Marcos-Pardo, more research projects of a multidimensional nature are needed, such as the present one, where not only biological variables are investigated, but also psychosocial variables, in order to know which are the motives that move people to regularly stay in a physical exercise program.
In this regard, the role played by the physical-sports educator is essential, in order to encourage the elderly population adequate motivation to adhere to the practice of physical exercise and, as a result, help them enjoy and improve their health from an integral point of view according to the principles of the World Health Organization.
Source: UCAM
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