A study on habits of using fitness centre<p>Fitness merkezi kullanım alışkanlıkları üzerine bir araştırma

Authors

  • Emre Bağcı Gazi University

Keywords:

Fitness center, membership, habits of using, Fitness merkezi, üyelik, kullanım alışkanlıkları

Abstract

This research is conducted in order to investigate habits of using fitness centre, where people enrol in an effort to avoid sedentary lifestyle that has been lately increasing. People tend to start doing regular physical activity in order to get rid of health problems caused by sedentary lifestyle. Fitness centres are one of the most preferred sports grounds because they offer many advantages apart from variety of physical activity opportunities. Therefore, it is important to determine fitness centre using habits for managers to provide better services and also for people to maintain consistency in sports.

Within this scope, data from the sports centre located at Balgat district in Ankara province was analysed. The mean age of all the members is 30.62 years. While the mean age of female participants is 30.43 years, it is 30.74 for male participants. Monday is when the centre is used the most with 17.67% while Saturday is the least visited fitness centre day with 9.79%. February with a rate of 10.67% is noted to be the month in which facility is used the most. The least use of the facility occurred in June with a rate of 5.24%. As the hours of intense participation in fitness centre are observed, it is concluded that the highest number of entries to the facility takes place between 18:00 and 19:00. 18.42% of the total number that sums up to 21594 entries takes place during this period. Through this study, it is concluded that people have certain habits regarding using fitness centres.

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Özet

Bu araştırma fitness merkezlerinin kulanım alışkanlıklarının tespit edilmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Hareketsiz yaşamdan kaynaklı sağlık problemlerinden kurtulmak amacıyla insanlar düzenli fiziksel aktiviteye başlama eğiliminde olurlar. Birçok fiziksel aktivite olanağının yanında birçok avantajları sebebi ile fitness merkezleri en çok tercih edilen spor alanlarından birisidir. İnsanların bu merkezleri kullanım alışkanlıklarının belirlenmesi özellikle işletmeciler tarafından daha iyi hizmetin verilebilmesi açısından önem arz etmektedir.

Araştırma, Ankara ili Balgat semtindeki fitness merkezi verileri kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Çalışmaya katılanların genel yaş ortalaması 30.62’dir. Kadın katılımcıların yaşları ortalaması 30.43 ve erkek katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 30.74’tür. Pazartesinin, %17.67 ile fitness merkezinin en çok kullanılan günü iken, cumartesinin %9.79 ile fitness merkezinin en az kullanılan günü olduğu görülmüştür. Şubat ayı %8.79 oaranı ile tesisin en yoğun kullanıldığı aydır. Haziran ayı ise %5.24 oaranı ile tesisin en az yoğunlukta kullanıldığı süre olarak kayıt edilmiştir. Fitness merkezinin kullanımının yoğun olduğu saat dilimleri incelendiğinde tesise en çok girişin 18.00 – 19.00 arasında olduğu gözlenmiştir. Toplam girişin %18.42’si ile toplamda 21594 adet giriş bu saat diliminde gerçekleşmiştir. Yapılan bu çalışmada insanların fitness merkezlerini kullanımları ile ilgili bazı alışkanlıkların olduğu görülmüştür

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Author Biography

Emre Bağcı, Gazi University

Öğr.Gör.Dr., Gazi Üniversitesi ,Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi

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http://www.who.int/gho/ncd/risk_factors/physical_activity_text/en/ Erişim Tarihi: 04.04.2017

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2017-07-05

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Bağcı, E. (2017). A study on habits of using fitness centre&lt;p&gt;Fitness merkezi kullanım alışkanlıkları üzerine bir araştırma. Journal of Human Sciences, 14(3), 2268–2277. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/4617

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Vol. 14 No. 3 (2017)

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Physical Education and Sport Sciences

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