Daegu City Secures National Fitness Certification Center

Daegu City Athletics Promotion Center exterior. (Photo by Daegu City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Yushin] A National Fitness Certification Center where residents of the Gyeongsang region, including Daegu, can measure their physical fitness and receive exercise prescriptions will open in May.

On the 15th, Daegu City announced that the Daegu Athletics Promotion Center, an indoor track and field stadium, was selected as the Gyeongsang region base site for the National Fitness Certification Center project in a public contest by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

At the National Fitness Certification Center, muscle strength, muscular endurance, cardiopulmonary endurance, flexibility, agility, and explosive power can be measured. Exercise prescription specialists and fitness assessors will be stationed at all times.

Based on the measurement results, experts will provide exercise consulting and operate fitness improvement classes such as Pilates and yoga. The entire process, including fitness measurement and exercise prescription, will be operated by reservation only.

Daegu City will provide part of the Athletics Promotion Center, a four-story building, free of charge, and the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation will operate it. Approximately 700 million KRW of national funding will be invested annually in facility operation.

Park Heejun, Director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of Daegu City, stated, "We plan to encourage citizens to participate in community sports through scientific fitness measurement and exercise prescription."

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