Introduction

The region of our choice is Goregaon. It is a locality in Mumbai city, which falls in the Mumbai suburban district, Maharashtra, India.

Goregaon is divided into east and west. It is largely a residential area and it is thickly populated. Within it are various places of fitness. These include sports clubs, gyms, walking parks, grounds and schools.

The Government and private bodies are taking an active part in constructing and maintaining these facilities for the people of this area. These facilities are open to all . While some are free of cost, others are not.

Map

Goregaon, East and West

List of Fitness Centres

Gyms

1.Aakar Fitness Centre: - Goregaon, East.

2.Grace Fitness Centre: - Goregaon, East.

3.Karmakar Health Spa: - Goregaon, East.

4.Darekar’s Fitness Club: - Goregaon, West.

5.Sky Club: - Goregaon, West.6.Talwalkar’s: - Goregaon,

West.

Club and Ground

Club:Goregaon Sports Club (GSC): -

Goregaon, West

Ground:Prabhodhan Krida Bhavan

(PKB): - Goregaon, West.

Walking Parks

1.Swatyantraveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Recreation Ground also known as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC’s) Mindspace Garden, Goregaon West

2.Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC’s ) Garden ,Goregaon West.

List of Exercises Conducted at the

Fitness Centres

List of Exercises1. Running 2. Jogging3. Walking4. Lifting weights5. Push-ups and

crunches 6. Skipping and

jumping 7. Squats 8. Pull-ups9. Aerobics10.Yoga

Little Oxford Dictionary, Thesaurus and Word Power Guide, 2003 defines ‘Sport’ as

‘a competitive activity involving physical effort and skill ’

Sports is a great form of exercise and it keeps ones’ body healthy.

List of Sport Activities1. Basketball

2. Athletics3. Cricket4. Football5. Skating6. Lawn Tennis7. Squash8. Swimming 9. Table Tennis10. Badminton

Collages

Survey Method &

Material

In order to better understand how many people are aware of the need to stay fit, we conducted two surveys at three gyms and three buildings.

The Gyms Surveyed

1. Darekar’s Fitness Club2. Sky Club3. Gym at Goregaon

Sports Club

Results

Results: Gym

Self motiva-tion

Peer Pressure

Staying Fit0

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Reason for exercising at the Gym

Reasons

Num

ber

of P

eopl

e

According to the graph, more number of people are exercising to stay fit. This is followed by those who visit the gym to motivate themselves and last is those who visit the gym as they are pressurised by people around them.

Results: Gym

Early Morn-ing

Afternoon Evening0

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8

9

Time of day when people exercise at the Gym

Time of day

No

of p

eopl

e

The graph shows that more number of people visit the gym in the morning, followed by those who visit the gym in the afternoon and the least in the evening.

Results: Gym

1 to 3 times 4 to 6 times <6 times0

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Number of times people exercise per week at the Gym

Number of visits

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f peo

ple

The results show, more number of people exercise 4 to 6 times in a week, followed by a few who exercise 1 to 3 times and the least are those who exercise more than 6 times a week.

Results: Gym

Cardiova

scular

Weigh

t Lift

ing

Aerobics

, Enduran

ce

Functi

onal tra

ining

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ody0

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Preferred type of exercise at the gym

Type of exercise

Num

ber o

f peo

ple

According to the graph, the preferred type of exercise is cardiovascular followed by weightlifting, functional training (training the body for performing daily activities), full body and aerobics and endurance.

Results: Gym

Yes No16

16.5

17

17.5

18

18.5

19

Accompaniment to the Gym

Condition

Num

ber o

f peo

ple

According to the graph, people refrain from having a person accompany them when they go to the gym. However, there are some who prefer someone accompanying them.

Results: Gym

1 2 3 5 7 8 11 12 220

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5

6

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9

10

Number of years people have been visiting the gym

Number of years

Num

ber o

f peo

ple

The graph shows that more number of people have started to exercise at gyms two years back, followed by those who have started 1 year back and 3 to 22 years back

1. Anmol Prestige2. Manav Kalyan 3. Sunrise View CHS

The Buildings Surveyed

Form given to people who exercise at home

Form given to people who do not exercise at home

Results: HomeThe results show that more number of people are aware of the need to stay fit. Even so, this group of people do not visit the gym to exercise. On the other hand, there are others who are not aware of the same.

AwareNot aware

0

5

10

15

20

25

Number of people not exercising at gyms and yet aware of the need to

stay fit

Category

Num

ber o

f peo

ple

Results: Home

Don't exercise Exercise

14

14.5

15

15.5

16

16.5

17

Number of people excercising and not excercising at home

People who do and do not exercise

No.

of p

eopl

e

The graph shows that more number of people who do not exercise at home are more than the number of people who exercise at home.

Results: Home

Self Motiva-tion Peer

Pressure To stay fit

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16Reason for excercising at home

Reasons

Num

ber o

f peo

ple

According to the graph, most of the people exercise at home to stay fit, very few due to peer pressure and fewer to motivated by themselves.

Results: Home

Early morning Afternoon

Evening

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2

4

6

8

10

12

Time of day when people excercise at home

Time

Num

ber

of p

eopl

e

According to the results obtained, most of the people exercise early in the morning, a few of them exercise in the afternoon and fewer exercise in the evening.

Results: HomeThe graph shows, most of the people exercise 1 to 3 times or more than 6 times a week at home whereas very few exercise 4 to 6 times a week at home.

1 to 3 times4 to 6 times

More than 6 times

0

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2

3

4

5

6

Number of times people excercise in a week at home

Number of times

Num

ber o

f peo

ple

Results: HomeAccording to the graph, most of the people have been exercising for the last 7 to 12 months, a few for 13 to 24 months and fewer for 1 to 6 months.

1-6 months7-12

months 13-24 months

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1

2

3

4

5

6

Number of months people have been excercising at home

Number of months

Num

ber

of p

eopl

e

Results: HomeThe results obtained show that most of the people do yoga, a few people do agility based exercises and very few people do weight lifting at home.

Weight Lift-ing Yoga

Agility based excercises

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Preferred types of exercises

Different exercises

No.

of p

eopl

e

Other Places

Park with benefits….

• This walking park not only provides facilities for physical fitness but also for mental fitness.

• It has some rules and regulations that are to be followed . They are given in the picture on the right.

The Celestial Plaza and the Zodiac Walk are facilities that provide mental peace for the

visitors who come to this park .

The CELESTIAL PLAZA is a

‘symbolic’ representation of SPACE

and the SOLAR SYSTEM floating in

it. The positions of these elements

either influence or correlate with

people’s personality traits, important

events in their lives, physical

characteristics, and to some extent

their destiny. The next phase in this

movement sequence is the ZODIAC

WALK.