A 96-square-meter facility opens at Yangcheon-gu Public Health Center's below-ground floor, staffed by certified exercise professionals. Services range from age-tailored fitness assessments — covering muscular strength, cardiorespiratory endurance and flexibility — to personalized exercise prescriptions.
Yangcheon-gu announced Tuesday that it has opened the Seoul Fitness Center Yangcheon branch at the Yangcheon-gu Public Health Center to help residents build healthy exercise habits and manage their health in a structured way.
The Seoul Fitness Center is a health management facility where residents can have their fitness levels scientifically assessed and receive guidance on exercise routines tailored to their individual condition. The Yangcheon branch occupies 96 square meters on the below-ground floor of the public health center's main building, equipped with a fitness assessment area and an exercise prescription room. Certified exercise professionals are on staff to support residents with systematic health and fitness management.
The center measures a range of fitness indicators — including muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility and agility — taking into account the physical characteristics of adults aged 19 to 64 as well as older residents. For those 65 and older, specialized equipment is used to assess balance, walking ability and lower-limb muscle function. Residents may also choose to be tested on only select categories based on their health condition and fitness level.
After the assessment, participants receive a personalized results sheet and a health fitness evaluation certificate showing their fitness rating and measured values. A certified exercise professional then uses the results to recommend a customized workout plan and practical steps to follow. For residents who need ongoing health management, the center coordinates referrals to the public health center's Metabolic Syndrome Management Center and Health Promotion Center to support chronic disease prevention and improved physical activity.
The center operates on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is free of charge for Yangcheon-gu residents aged 19 and older, as well as workers and university students based in Seoul. Appointments can be made through the "Sonmok Doctor 9988" app. To encourage consistent exercise, participants earn up to 10,000 points per year — awarded at their first assessment and again six months later.
The district plans to add a separate AI-powered fitness assessment zone in December to make the service more convenient. The zone will allow residents to measure their fitness in about 10 minutes by following kiosk prompts without staff assistance, and will provide analysis of posture, gait and other indicators for an easy self-check of physical condition.
Meanwhile, Yangcheon-gu runs a range of life-stage health promotion programs throughout the year, including a "Healthy City School" that teaches everyday health management, a childhood obesity prevention project, mental health support and a senior health accompaniment program. Going forward, the district plans to strengthen personalized referrals so that residents can use their fitness assessment results from the Yangcheon branch to connect with the public health programs best suited to their needs.
"Health is not something you tend to only on special occasions — what matters most is managing it consistently in daily life," Yangcheon-gu District Mayor Lee Gi-jae said. "We will continue to work hard on systematic health management support so that the Seoul Fitness Center Yangcheon branch becomes an opportunity for residents to understand their fitness accurately and make exercise suited to their body a part of everyday life."
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