Let's Do 'Home Stay! Lifestyle Exercise' Together with Dobong-gu~

Production of Basic and Full-Body Strengthening Exercise Videos Easy to Follow by Age... Video Lectures Posted on YouTube, District Office, and Health Center Websites from June 18

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dobong-gu (Mayor Lee Dong-jin) is operating 'Jipkok! Saenghwal Undong' (Stay-at-Home! Daily Exercise), a non-face-to-face exercise program that is easy to follow by age group, for seniors and residents who lack physical activity due to social distancing. This is the first such program among Seoul's autonomous districts.

The district prepared the online exercise program to address the issues of high infection risk in group indoor exercise classes, due to the continuous emergence of new viruses and the prolonged and resurgent community spread of COVID-19.

The program includes ▲Online Youth Health Keeper Exercise Class for seniors ▲Online Customized Health Class for Our Neighborhood ▲Overcome COVID-19!! Stay-at-Home Daily Exercise, producing exercise videos focused on basic and full-body strength training with movements easy to follow by age group.

The video lectures will be available from June 18. About 5-minute lectures are recorded and sequentially uploaded on YouTube channels, the district office, and public health center websites, allowing users to watch via mobile phones, computers, etc.

In particular, age-customized programs such as the Online Youth Health Keeper Exercise Class and Our Neighborhood Customized Health Class are conducted with real-time communication according to the education schedule through smartphone band applications.

Additionally, in May, the district produced and distributed 43 lifelong education mini video lectures including ▲Power Yoga Dance ▲Thera-Band Gymnastics ▲Ukulele ▲Minyo Janggu (traditional Korean folk song and drum) ▲Smartphone Basics to alleviate emotional isolation among culturally vulnerable groups such as seniors and persons with disabilities.

In April and May, dementia prevention kits and dementia prevention exercise videos were produced and distributed for seniors with dementia.

Lee Dong-jin, Mayor of Dobong-gu, said, “To promote health by increasing immunity and self-management ability of local residents who are struggling with physical and mental fatigue due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, we will continue to operate online programs that produce and distribute various videos anyone can easily follow at home.” He added, “Let’s all wisely overcome COVID-19 together by practicing Stay-at-Home!! Daily Exercise.”

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