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Half of Women Don’t Exercise Even Once a Week: How to Build a Healthy Habit
How often do you exercise or play sports?
According to the Japan Sports Agency’s “FY2023 Public Opinion Survey on Sports Participation,” conducted in 2023, about half of women aged 20 and over do not exercise even once a week, and the share is especially high among women in their 30s and early 40s. This age group carries heavy loads at work and at home and has little free time, so it tends to find building an exercise habit difficult. A lack of exercise facilities and programs that busy women and parents of young children can easily use is also thought to be one reason exercise habits don’t take hold.
Facing these challenges, we have a female member who shares the philosophy of “extending your healthy life expectancy and gaining healthy days” and has come regularly for nearly 40 years, since before the facility’s renovation. She completes a routine of about an hour, three times a week, chatting happily as she keeps it up. What matters most in exercise is “keeping it going,” and I feel this kind of environment is needed.
When choosing a gym, why not use as your standard an atmosphere that is easy to keep up and an environment where it’s clear what to do?
Today is the youngest day of your life. I hope it is a full day for you all!
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