Participation in a YOSAKOI SORAN dance festival increased exercise quantity and improved physical fitness

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  • Takumi Yasushi
    Graduate School of Education, Hokkaido University Faculty of Human Science, Hokkaido Bunkyo University
  • Moriya Kiyoshi
    Graduate School of Education, Hokkaido University

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  • YOSAKOIソーラン祭り参加による運動量増加と体力の向上
  • YOSAKOI ソーラン マツリ サンカ ニ ヨル ウンドウリョウ ゾウカ ト タイリョク ノ コウジョウ

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This study investigated the heart rate (HR) and the compound acceleration during exercise as a measure of exercise intensity, and the change of exercise quantity and physical fitness level in participants in YOSAKOI SORAN dance festival. The subjects were dancers belonging to a team in Hokkaido in which many middle-aged and elderly peoples participated and which usually held dance practices twice a week for four months from February. The maximal HR of a middle-aged dancer during dancing was over 180 beats/minutes, so that the exercise intensity of the dance was considered very high. Significant positive correlation was observed between HR and compound acceleration during dancing. The maximal HR during dancing in the festival was sometimes about 20 beats/minutes higher than in dance practice. This was considered to be because of tension at the festival or weather. In subject NR (50 yrs, female), the numbers of steps and exercise quantity per day were significantly more on dance-practice days than on non-practice days. The physical fitness level of participants in YOSAKOI SORAN was improved over the four months. Participation in the dance practice and the festival of YOSAKOI SORAN was suggested as being effective for health promotion for people who live in cold areas where exercise quantity in winter becomes insufficient.<br>

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