<![CDATA[All types of gymnastics and sports activities are very beneficial to inhibit mild degenerative and agingprocess. The problem that exists is elderly motivated or willing to do gymnastics elderly, mostly will doelderly gymnastics after the push by family or health workers to do gymnastics elderly. This study to knowthe relation between of motivation with elderly behavior followed elderly gymnastics study in Wates villagehamlet Jatiwates District of Tembelang Jombang. Type research is analytic correlational with crosssectionalstudy, the population is all the elderly in the village of Hamlet Wates Subdistrict JatiwatesTembelang Jombang of 306 people, with a sample of 31 people with simple random sampling technique, theindependent variable is motivation to follow gymnastics elderly, dependent variable is behavior follows theelderly gymnastics. Instrument using is questionnaires, data analysis using Spearman rank test. The resultsshowed that the majority of motivation in participating in gymnastics elderly is weak of 14 respondents(45,2%), and largely follows the behavior of the elderly in the gymnastics is irregular of 12 respondents(38,7%).Spearman rank test analysis results of ρ = 0.000 <0.05 then H0 rejected H1 accepted or it meansthere is a relations between of motivation with the behavior of the following the elderly gymnastics in Watesvillage hamlet Jatiwates District of Tembelang Jombang. Expected more active elderly people to participatein gymnastics in Posyandu activities and can practice the steps at home gymnastics.]]>
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