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The purpose of this study was to examine the body composition and physical fitness of male and female adults by gender and age in an effort to provide some information on the selection of effective exercise intensity tailored to each age group and the right performance of efficient workout programs. The subjects in this study were 1,304 adults who were aged between 20 and 65 and used Y and E fitness clubs in Gyeonggi Province. The selected adults wanted to get a physical checkup and included 657 men and 647 women. Their body composition(height, weight and body fat rate) and physical fitness(six items) were checked by gender and age. The collected data were analyzed with a SPSS WIN 17.0 program, and descriptive statistics and independent-samples t-test were employed to see if there were any changes according to gender and age. The findings of the study were as follows: First, both of the men and women decreased in stature with age. But the men lost weight after they were in their 30s, and the women gradually put on weight after they were in their 20s. In terms of body fat rate, that of the women was steadily on the rise after they were in their 20s. There was a rapid increase in the men's body fat rate when they were in their 40s and 50s, and their body fat rate was on the decrease after they were in their 50s. Second, the adults in their 30s were most excellent in muscular strength and muscular endurance, and there was a gradual decrease in those regards with age after that age period. The adults in their 20s excelled the other age groups in power, speed, flexibility and cardio- vascular respiratory endurance irrespective of gender, and there was a rapid decrease in the flexibility and cardiovascular respiratory endurance of the men and women after they were in their 40s.

목차

Ⅰ. 서론
 II. 연구방법
  1. 연구대상
  2. 측정도구
  3. 자료처리
 Ⅲ. 연구결과
  1. 연령추이에 따른 신체조성의 변화
  2. 연령추이에 따른 체력의 변화
 Ⅳ. 논의
 Ⅴ. 결론
 참고문헌
 ABSTRACT

저자

• 정현 [ Jong, Hyeon | 용인대학교 ]
• 남덕현 [ Nam, Dek-Hyeon | 용인대학교 ]
• 김현권 [ Kim, Hyeon-Gwon | 경기대학교 ]

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