Priority motivations of women of the first period of mature age in the process of engaging in health-improving motor activity (on the example of bellydance-fitness)

Abstract

The issue of the necessity of accounting for the motivational priorities of the women aged 21-35 years in the process of the physical culture and health activities and their significance for the design of the physical culture and health relatedsessions has been addressed in the article. The first period of mature age (21-35 years) of the women is characterized by the beginning of the involutionary processes in the body and a decrease in the motor abilities of the women, and the solution to this problem is possible by optimizing their motor activity. Bellydance-fitness classes today are one of the most important types of the physical activity for the women. They have a positive effect on the psycho-emotional state of women and their physical preparedness. We conducted a survey of women aged 21-35 who are engaged in bellydance-fitness in clubs and studios in Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk. We compared the training motives of the women of different age groups (21-25 years old, 26-30 years old, 31-35 years old) and found out how the motivation of the women changes during the first period of adulthood. We found that the priority motives of their classes are mastering of the aesthetic dance movements, improving of the figure parameters and improving of the improving well-being and health.