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Next time you’re at your local gym, take a look around. Among the young things and the uber fit you’ll more than likely to see a couple of older people working out. Surprisingly, it’s likely that they spend more time at the gym than you, or anyone else for that matter.
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Nuffield gym, a major fitness chain in the UK, carried our a study to figure out who the most frequent gym attenders are.
It seems that older citizens, namely those between 70 and 79, are spending the most time working up a sweat. The researchers also found that of their 211, 000 membership base, approximately 10 per cent are aged over the age of 65. (Post continues after gallery.)
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Apparently the older generation are spending, on average, eight visits to the gym per month (as opposed to the six visits per month of those aged 25 to 39). People aged between 20 and 25 were sightly better at gym attendance with a monthly total of six and a half visits.
Jess Lirosi from Fernwood Fitness said that the trend of senior citizens seeking out the gym wasn’t isolated to the UK.
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“Many older women have been attending clubs due to doctors’ orders. With the increase in chronic illness, high blood pressure and cancers, women are being advised to get into the gym to improve overall health and wellbeing,” she explains.
“These women are more committed than the young to middle-aged group in regards to the times they use the gym. For example, older ladies see a gym session as more of an ‘appointment’ therefore they attend the gym at the same days and times each week.”
