筋肉維持こそ健康への基盤・・・有益なラジオ体操

　倉賀野町上4公園では　NHKのラジオ体操放送に併せ、既に１０年ほど前からラジオ体操会を行ってます。 今朝は山形県 朝日町からの生放送でした。私の場合、会場まで行くのに徒歩１０分、ラジオ体操１０分、帰宅に徒歩１０分ですから、朝食前に３０分間、毎日、身体を動かしてるので結果的に空腹になり、英語の諺、Hunger is the best sauceが実践でき、朝食が美味しく戴けます。

　付随して、仲間の人たちと挨拶を交わしつつ、いろいろ話ができるチャンスが生じ、一人暮らしの私にはとても有益です。写真では男性のみ写ってますが、毎朝、約３０名の中高年が集まり、女性の方が若干多いです。中には９２才の女性も参加され、彼女は日本舞踊をされていたとのことで、現在でも姿勢は良く、体操の動きも若々しく、私は彼女の生き方を見習わなくてはなりません。

　夏季は陽が暑いので公園の真ん中を避け、皆さん、木陰でピアノの音に合わせ楽しそうに体操を行なってます。今度チャンスがあったら、私がピアノを弾き、広い室内でラジオ体操会を行ってみたいです。

　ところで、私たちは一日動いていても、案外、同じ筋肉のみを使ってる傾向と考えられます。ところが、人体には、大小含めて６００を越える筋肉が存在してると言われます。ですから意識してその多くを動かすにはラジオ体操はとても有益です。例えば、一日の生活の中で身体を左右に大きく捻ること、ジャンプすること、後に反ること、背中の筋肉を動かすことなどは先ずありません。人間の生命維持に、筋肉の健康ほど大切なものはなく、私たちは自らの考えや気持ちを筋肉を媒介にして自己表現しています。

Dear my friends who are seeking for real health

　In Kuragano-town at Kami-4th Park, we have been holding radio gymnastics events for about 10 years in conjunction with NHK's radio gymnastics broadcast. This morning, it was broadcast live from Asahi-cho in Yamagata Prefecture. In my case, it takes me 10 minutes to walk to the venue, 10 minutes to do radio gymnastics, and 10 minutes to walk home, so I exercise for 30 minutes every day before breakfast, which makes me hungry, and I practice the English proverb, "Hunger is the best sauce," and enjoy my breakfast.

　As a result, I have the opportunity to exchange greetings with my friends there and talk about various topics, which is very beneficial for me who lives alone. Although only men are in the photo, about 30 middle-aged and elderly people gather every morning, with slightly more ladies. One of the participants was a 92-year-old lady who used to do Japanese dance, and even now she has good posture and her gymnastics movements are youthful, so I have to follow her way of life.

　In the summer, the sun is so hot that people avoid the center of the park and instead they are enjoying their exercises in the shade to listening to the sound of the piano. If I have the chance next time, I would like to play the piano accompaniment and hold a radio gymnastics session in a large room.

　By the way, even when we move all day, we tend to use the same muscles only. However, it is said that there are more than 600 muscles in the human's body, including both large and small. Therefore, radio gymnastics are very useful for consciously moving many of them. For example, in our daily lives, we rarely twist our bodies left and right, jump, lean back, or move the muscles in our backs. Nothing is more important for maintaining human life than healthy muscles, and we express our thoughts and feelings through our muscles.

https://ttsreader.com/ja/...