MoKo-Fit
A motor-cognitive outdoor exercise programme for older people in the Chemnitz area
Against the backdrop of an increasingly ageing population, the "MoKo-Fit" project is dedicated to the health of people aged 65 and over in Chemnitz. It offers a low-threshold exercise programme tailored to the needs of senior citizens that strengthens motor and mental skills.
Since 2021, regular exercise groups have been taking place in the Helbersdorf, Gablenz and Siegmar districts, with up to 15 participants exercising twice a week in parks and green spaces. The programme will be expanded to other districts in 2024 and 2025.
During the group-based exercise programme, existing materials from the park and green areas (e.g. benches, trees, stairs) and small equipment (e.g. balls and elastic exercise bands) are used. The following skills should be promoted:
- Motor skills (e.g. strength, endurance, coordination, mobility)
- Everyday mental functions (e.g. memory, attention, mental flexibility)
After the groups have been led by licensed exercise instructors for approx. 4 months, they continue to run independently with the help of trained mentors.
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Funding information:
This measure is co-financed with tax funds on the basis of the budget adopted by the Saxon state parliament (funding guideline "Demography", II. 1 FRL)
Existing exercise groups
Older people aged 65 and over who would like to get active in a group can get in touch with the mentors of the independently run exercise groups in the districts of Gablenz, Helbersdorf and Siegmar (in existence since 2022) or Markersdorf, Kaßberg and Schloßchemnitz (in existence since 2024):
Monday, 09.30 to 10.30 a.m. in the "garden" above the ASB meeting centre Wohnpark-Geibelhöhe, Albert-Jentzsch-Straße 7-9, 09127 Chemnitz
(Alternative hall by arrangement in case of bad weather: Pegasus-Center sports room, Stadlerstraße 14, 09126 Chemnitz)
Nordic walking takes place on the last Monday of the month from the car park in front of the Zeisigwaldschänke, Forststraße 100, 09131 Chemnitz.
Contact mentor:
Lutz Richter
Phone: 0176 42081668
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Tuesday and Thursday 9 to 10 a.m. on the green area in front of the city park pond
(accessible via the car park on the corner of Helbersdorfer Straße and Dittersdorfer Straße)
Contact mentor:
Hans-Jochen Roßbach
Telephone: 0371 2728 1192
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Tuesday, 09.15 to 10.15 a.m. at the Markersdorfer Oase in Wolgograder Allee 27, meeting point under the tent roof (alternative room: Alfred-Neubert-Straße 19)
Contact:
Katharina Zwingmann
Phone: 0371 19938
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Tuesday, 10.45 to 11.45 a.m. at the Markersdorfer Oase in Wolgograder Allee 27,
Meeting point under the tent roof
(Alternative room: Alfred-Neubert-Straße 19)
Contact:
Katharina Zwingmann
Phone: 0371 19938
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Tuesday, 09.30 to 10.30 a.m. at the Holzkirche (Ahornstraße 47)
Contact mentor:
Marina Grieger
Phone: 0152 33665214
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Tuesday and Thursday, 10.30 to 11.30 a.m. in the park at the castle church,
Meeting point in front of the Miramar
(Alternative room in case of bad weather in the dining room of the Pro Seniore Residence, Salzstraße 40)
Contact mentor:
M. Richter
Phone: 0176 56863599
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Tuesday, 09.30 to 10.30 am in Frei-Otto-Park, meeting point at the bridge in Adolf-Weinhold-Straße
Contact mentor:
Eva-Maria Bachmann
Phone: 0176 31550822
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New groups from spring 2025
Please contact the project team at Chemnitz University of Technology if you would like to participate in one of the new groups or support us as a trainer or mentor in the project:
Katharina Zwingmann (project coordination), phone: 0371 19938, email: swp_gesundheitsfoerderung(at)hsw.tu-chemnitz.de
every Tuesday and Thursday from 8.45 to 09.45 am,
Meeting point at the "Schneller Markt" playground (Herweghstraße)
(Alternative room: Kammkästel, Frankenberger Straße 200)
every Tuesday and Thursday from 10.30 to 11.30 am,
Meeting point at the "Bunte Gärten" playground (Augustusburger Straße)
(Alternative room: Lokomov, Augustusburger Straße 102)
every Tuesday and Thursday from 9.00 to 10.00 am,
Meeting point on the artificial turf pitch of SG Handwerk (Weydemeyerstraße 23)
every Tuesday and Thursday from 10.15 to 11.15 am,
Meeting point on the artificial turf pitch of SG Handwerk (Weydemeyerstraße 23)
every Wednesday and Friday from 9.00 to 10.00 am,
Meeting point in Schönauer Park (below Guerickestraße)
in cooperation with the Seniorenkolleg of the TU Chemnitz
From 23 April every Wednesday and Friday from 9.30 to 10.30 am,
Meeting point on the grassy area behind the building at Reichenhainer Straße 41
(Alternative room: sports room of the Centre for Sport and Health Promotion on Thüringer Weg)
in cooperation with the Seniorenkolleg of the TU Chemnitz
From 23 April every Wednesday and Friday from 10.30 to 11.30 am,
Meeting point on the grassy area behind the building at Reichenhainer Straße 41
(Alternative room: sports room of the Centre for Sport and Health Promotion on Thüringer Weg)