2024-03-12 17:51:18
As the Olympic and Paralympic Games approach, Resterjeune.com, a 100% digital and inclusive solution for maintaining the well-being of those over 50, launched a survey[ auprès de sa communauté de seniors en février dernier. L’objectif consistait à savoir si les JO pouvaient ou non stimuler l’activité physique et mentale des plus de 50 ans et si oui pourquoi et comment.
Un senior sur 3 déclare que les JO le motive à reprendre ou intensifier son activité physique et sportive. Ils sont même 7% à se déclarer « absolument » convaincus. Ce chiffre est encourageant dans une population dont on imagine que les sources de stimulation peuvent être ailleurs. C’est ce qui ressort d’une enquête lancée par la solution Resterjeune.com.
« C’est aux professionnels du sport et de la santé d’intensifier leur savoir- faire pour les motiver. Les leviers de conviction existent. Selon l’étude CSA menée en automne 2023, pilotée par Silver Alliance en partenariat avec ResterJeune.com, 96% des seniors déclaraient vouloir suivre les compétitions. Reste à transformer cet intérêt en un acte sportif », précise Julien Hyardet, fondateur de ResterJeune.com
- Teddy Riner, le champion préféré des seniors
Parmi les sportifs olympiques, ayant le plus de chance d’être médaillés, c’est le judoka, Teddy Riner qui arrive en tête (56 %) : figure intergénérationnelle, il fait l’unanimité, quels que soient les âges et corrobore ainsi les résultats des enquêtes[2] the favorite sports fan of all French people. Following him in order: swimmer Florent Manaudou (46%), judoka Clarisse Agbegnenou (35%), footballer Kylian Mbappé (28%) and gymnast Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos (26%).
- Seniors love traditional Olympic disciplines
The disciplines that our seniors will follow as a priority will be the most emblematic of the Olympic competition: gymnastics (34%), athletics (31%) and swimming (25%). In terms of Paralympism, swimming comes first (32%), followed by athletics (27%) and wheelchair basketball (21%).
- Yannick Noah, voted most inspiring senior athlete
Among the French champions over the age of fifty, ex-tennis player Yannick Noah (43%), ex-cyclist Jeannie Longo (42%), and ex-athlete Marie-José Perrec (36%) are those who inspire them the most in their way of be.
- Seniors admire the mental strength of athletes
Among the qualities and values of high-level athletes that seniors admire and would like to have, include mental strength (64%), tenacity (54%) and determination (43%). These three values linked to willpower, ahead of healthy lifestyle (40%) and discipline (39%), also important for seniors.
“As a former top athlete, I am not surprised that mental strength is one of the most envied qualities. It allows you to maintain your objectives over time. It can be achieved by everyone, provided they accept a global approach! To improve your mental strength, you must also work simultaneously on your nutrition, hydration, sleep, stress management and personal development.. Furthermore, the notion of pleasure is crucial. Physical activity itself should not be seen as a constraint but as something playful and fun. ” explain Julien Hyardet, founder of ResterJeune.Com
What seniors are already doing to stay in shape
The CSA survey confirmed this: almost all seniors (91%) believe that practicing a sport can help them feel better. And the survey conducted among ResterJeune.Com seniors emphasizes two additional elements:
- “Medicine” sport: seniors use sport to fight once morest certain pathologies of aging.
Osteoarthritis or arthritis (57%), weight gain (56%) and back pain (50%) are the three main health concerns that seniors experience when resuming regular physical activity. These are the same three concerns that seniors say they have partially or entirely resolved through activity: back pain (33%), osteoarthritis or arthritis (27%) and weight gain (21%). “Movement is often the solution to our chronic pain. Physical activity, along with nutrition and mental well-being, are our greatest natural medicines in the world! they are at the heart of prevention. It’s timeue prevention plays a central role in our health system. Sport, nutrition and mental well-being must be recognized as the pillars of aging well.”
- The “sport & food” ticket reconfirmed
The use of sport is accompanied by a more global approach in terms of food and nutrition. 96% of seniors say they adopt or have already adopted a healthy and balanced diet. 79% cook themselves as much as possible, 69% drink 1.5 liters of water per day. 64% say they are reducing their sugar consumption even if only 16% abandon dessert at the end of a meal. Stopping snacking (38%), drinking more water (28%) and not systematically having dessert (26%) are the actions they wish to acquire.
« Let’s forget regarding diets. Let’s stop constantly weighing ourselves! Certainly the scale indicates a weight but it gives no indication of measurements and feelings! In reality, even with age, it is not a question of eating less but of eating better! Learning to have the right nutritional foundations means understanding that we are surrounded by ultra-processed products that are bad for our health is essential. You have to know how to read labels at the supermarket, because the longer the list of ingredients, the less good the product is for us! Another tip, “the 80-20 rule”: eat healthily 80% of your time and be able to treat yourself the remaining 20%. Because yes, contrary to popular belief, treating yourself from time to time helps you maintain a healthy lifestyle in the long term.« .
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