Malang (malangkota.go.id) – The Malang City Government through the Social Service, Women's Empowerment, Child Protection, Population Control and Family Planning (Dinsos P3AP2KB) held several activities as part of the 25th National Elderly Day Commemoration in 2021 at the former Malang City Social Service hall, Tuesday (16/06/2021).
Head of the P3AP2KB Social Service, Dra. Penny Indriani, MM accompanied by the Head of Social Empowerment and Handling of the Poor, Djoewita Wahanani, SE., MM, and the Chairperson of the Karang Werda Forkom of Malang City, Sulastri in the Opening of the Training for Elderly Gymnastics Instructors in the hall of the former Malang City Social Service, Tuesday (16/06/2021)
The event themed “Happy Elderly with Family” is one of the series of activities is training for elderly gymnastics instructors. The goal is to realize potential elderly people through exercise.
Head of the P3AP2KB Social Service, Dra. Penny Indriani, MM conveyed the purpose of this activity so that in every sub-district there are gymnastics instructors who can train the elderly at the RW level. In addition to making the elderly healthy through gymnastics activities, this activity is also so that the elderly do not need to travel far to exercise, especially in the midst of the current Covid-19 pandemic.
"This will be competed on the peak day, there is Sarah Sehan then 10 best instructors will be selected to be selected again the best three then given prizes to encourage the elderly. The enthusiasm is extraordinary, for example we invite at 08.00 WIB, then at 07.00 they have arrived. The enthusiasm of the elderly is extraordinary, not inferior to the young," explained Penny.
The training for elderly gymnastics instructors is held for four days, where participants must be present continuously or they will be disqualified. The training material is certainly adjusted to the elderly's movements, so it is not like aerobics, only adjusting the conditions. One of the materials is understanding the warm-up, core, and cool-down movements.
"In the middle, creativity can be added as long as the portion given to the elderly. So it must be an elderly portion, the duration also needs to be considered. This has special characteristics and has been approved by the Mayor for its movements," he added.
Participants in the training for elderly gymnastics instructors were 62 people, 57 of whom were taken from each sub-district. Then from the sub-district cooperation forum there were five, so the total was 62 participants. The instructor team coordinator was one person, namely Mrs. Hartono with five people assisting.
Head of Forkom Karang Werda Malang City, Sulastri added that in order to help Malang City achieve the title of Elderly Friendly City, a thematic APBD was held. With this theme, one of the applications that went down to the community in the context of the pandemic was how to make the community healthy, including the elderly.
"Because Malang City has many gymnastics groups but they are located far away. We hope that with each sub-district, it will develop at the RW level, so that localization for elderly gymnastics is in the surrounding environment," said Sulastri.
First healthy, second gymnastics is carried out in its own region. Three can strengthen brotherhood, the hope is to unite Indonesia into NKRI, the price of death with the concept of gymnastics, united in seeking health and fitness together. (eka/ram)
