Deputy Of The Moscow Regional Duma Met With The Participants Of "Active Longevity" In Balashikha

Nikolai Cherkasov, deputy of the Moscow Regional Duma, presented gifts to the best Balashikha participants in the Governor's program "Active Longevity". The meeting took place at the Balashikha Arena Ice Palace on February 24. Antonina Kuznetsova, Raisa Marakhina and Nordic walking instructor Alexander Ilyin received gifts from the Moscow Regional Duma. Instructor Evgeny Pugachev was awarded a letter of gratitude from the head of the sports complex "Soyuz" Anton Oreshkov. The participants of the meeting told the deputy about the achieved results and asked questions of interest to them about the life of the city. So, the head of the cultural and health club "Golden Age" Antonina Kuznetsova suggested introducing free insurance for elderly people participating in the Olympics. “I go to such meetings with pleasure, it is important for us to hear the opinion of people in order to form the legislation of the Moscow region and decide the orders of the voters. One of the main goals of Active Longevity is to ensure that a person is not left alone with himself. It is necessary to find each lesson according to his physical capabilities, to his liking. We are faced with the task set by the Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov - to expand the list of sports in which we could attract our older citizens,”said Nikolai Cherkasov. Bolshaya Balashikha Bolshaya Balashikha Bolshaya Balashikha Bolshaya Balashikha Bolshaya Balashikha He also noted that participants in the governor's program "Active Longevity" are engaged in municipal sports institutions free of charge. The number of applicants is constantly growing. “Of all the areas of Active Longevity, I preferred breathing exercises and the practice of Vietnamese yoga qigong. Our leader Evgeny Pugachev, a comprehensively developed person, explains to us not only the methodology for performing the exercises, but also tells us how they affect our body. Despite such a snowy frosty winter, classes do not stop, they take place outdoors in the park. I believe that thanks to this gymnastics, I myself, without the help of doctors, overcame the coronavirus. I have antibodies, immunoglobulin reached 178 units - this is a fairly high level,”said 74-year-old Raisa Marakhina. Classes under the Active Longevity program resumed in the Moscow region at the end of January, when Governor Andrei Vorobyov removed some of the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. During the period of exacerbation of the epidemiological situation, classes were conducted remotely. Lydia Ruflyadko