Blow Rifle: A Healthy New Sport
Journal Title: Sports and Exercise Medicine – Open Journal - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Aging society has been considered as one of the most important problems in Japan. Japanese total annual expenditure on national healthcare in fiscal 2013 exceeded 40 trillion yen ($333 billion) for the first time, reflecting the growing number of elderly people.1 Doing regular moderate activities both exercise and sports has lot of benefits for health and would improve the physical fitness and quality of life (QOL).This would also reduce the cost of healthcare. Now-adays, in Japan, most popular exercise for the elderly people is walking. According to the report of Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 50.8% people include walking as exercise for their daily health and general fitness.1 The percentage found in 2013 was 2 times more than that in 1994.1 Although, health awareness has been increasing in Japanese people, in general, it is well known that it would be impossible to improve the strength fitness with merely walking. It is reported that the risk of falling down in walking has highest odds rate compared with other exercises. Given this background, the Nordic walking is increasing in Japan, because it is comparatively safe and has higher exercise intensity than walking. In fact, a lot of studies of many medical and health journals in Japan have reported that Nordic Walking is good for health.2 Aging is becoming an important concern all over the world, and hence, we should reinforce strength, flexibility, and coordination abilities.
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Koji Sugiyama
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