This inclusive festival, which has been held since 2016, with the intention of promoting active ageing, encouraging the elderly to practice physical activity and raising awareness of the importance of moving, took place on Friday 28 April at the sports facilities of the Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences of the Universitat de València.
A total of 440 participants gathered at the 6th edition of the Iaios training festival 2023, organised by the Sport Performance and Physical Fitness Research Group of the UV (UIRFIDE), in collaboration with UVsports, the Department of Physical and Sports Education and the Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (FCAFE).
“This year we have had 440 participants, from other towns and from the city of Valencia, who came to mingle with young people, socialise, exercise... we have had to increase the number of workshops and distribute the large number of participants according to their preferences and motor skills”, explains Cristina Blasco, director of UIRFIDE.
The audience was able to enjoy merengue, tai chi and yoga classes, as well as stretching for people with reduced mobility, functional training... And, at the end of the festival, it was time for line dancing, one of the most dynamic and popular activities for the elderly, when all participants join together on the central dance floor to perform this line dance.
In short, this festival aims to be an antidote to a sedentary lifestyle, an inclusive and intergenerational festival for students to learn to work with the elderly and for them to practice physical and sports activities in groups, socialise and have fun.
Wednesday 4 May, 2nd National Conference on Physical Exercise Prescription Programmes
Within the framework of the promotion of active ageing and physical activity, the FCAFE is also hosting the 2nd edition of a national conference on Wednesday 4 May, which aims to develop physical exercise programmes that contribute to improving the health of the population and act as a method of disease prevention.
The event, which takes place in the Hall of Degrees of the FCAFE, will be attended by important professionals such as (Spanish National Sports Council), full university professor Francisco Javier López Román (UCAM of Murcia), UV professor Sacramento Pinazo (president of the Valencian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, SVGG), professor Jorn Wulff Helge (Copenague University. President European College of Sports Sciences), Maria Ángeles Medina (president of the Valencian Society of Family and Community Medicine, SOVAMFIC) and Jose Luis Herreros Saiz (president of COLEFCV).
- Check the programme of the 2nd National Conference on Physical Exercise Prescription Programmes (pdf)
