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  • Šport in rekreacija v starosti = Sport and recreation in old age
    Ulaga, Drago
    Physical activity is for the human being an every day necessity as are the food and night rest. "Work mantains the organs" is the truth to be considered in all life periods. It goes for brain, heart ... and blood vessels, skeletal muscles and other organs. Brain needs mental exercises (study, chess), while heart and vessels profit especially from aerobics and skeletal muscles from gymnastics (morning exercises), sport recreaton, work in the garden and the like. Adequate sports for elderly people are: walk, joging, cycling, swimming,cross-country skiing, bowling, ninepins, volleyball, tennis, dance. "An everyday walk but not to the point of tiredness" is a general recommendation. At the same time sport should be the source of relaxation, socializnig, self-confidence and a pleasant activity for the maintenance of optimal psychophysical condition. All physical performances should be suitableas every exaggeration could be harmful. Risky physical exercises are not appropriate for elderly people (falls!) therefore they should abandon alpine skiing on demanding slopes, acrobatics and on general all risky exercises. Frequent rests are necessary during exercises. From time to time (every second or third day), however, a somewhat more fatiguing exercise is reasonable.
    Source: Zdravstveno varstvo : Slovenian journal of public health. - ISSN 0351-0026 (Let. 36, št. 9-10, 1997, str. 388-390)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 1997
    Language - slovenian
    COBISS.SI-ID - 7222233