Physical Activity, Fitness After the Period of the Pandemic

Rigerta Selenica
Sports University of Tirana, Faculty of Movement Science ,Department of Education and Health

Abstract

Around the world, the years 2019–2020 were uncommon. Isolation as a result of the pandemic caught mankind off unprepared and terrified, forcing them to stay in isolation for an extended period of time. One of the first signs over worsened people's physical as well as mental states was a lack of activity. After this period, we performed a survey that we sent through a link with a focus on 18–45-year-olds, and 511 people were asked. The survey's purpose was to evaluate the rate of physical activity level in the population after the pandemic period. To create the survey and handle the data, we utilized the Microsoft Forms electronic platform. The poll received responses from 69.3% of females and 31.3 percent of males. The age group 18–25 years provided 88.8% of the responses, while the age group 30-45 years provided 12.2%. 93.2 percent of respondents said they were aware of the importance of physical activity's advantages. 25.7 percent of respondents said they were not physically active; 30.9 percent said they were active several times a month; 13.9 percent said they were active only three times a week; 15.9 percent said they were active five times a week, and 16.9 percent said they were active more than five times a week. The following is how they classified themselves in terms of physical fitness: 19.8 percent did "very well," 30.1 percent did "good," 31.3 percent did "average," 15.6 percent did "insufficient," and 8.2 percent did "poor." Running was the most popular type of physical activity, with 29.2 percent preferring it over walking, 25.4 percent preferring weight training, and 11.3 percent preferring other forms. As a result of our survey, which was conducted to see the rate of physical activity level after the time of the pandemic, despite a high result that claimed to know the importance of the benefits of physical activity, the study concluded that there was a low level of physical activity among the people. Data that is consistent with Eurostat and INSTAT’s (2019) study, which shows that 80% of Albania's population is inactive.

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