KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES AMONG AWKA NORTH L.G.A WORKERS OF ANAMBRA STATE

The main focus of this paper is to find out whether workers of Awka North L.G.A have ever been engaging in physical exercises for maintenance of good health. The researcher however, used Awka North as an analytical base to find out the types of physical exercises engaged by the workers, the awareness of the beneficial effects and barriers to these physical exercises. Descriptive survey research design was employed while 400 workers form the sample of the study. A 22 item structured and validated questions built on 4 point likert rating scale was used in gathering data. Mean and t-test were used to analyze the data at 0.05 level of significance. It was discovered that workers knowledge of types of various physical exercises, the accrued benefits and barriers to physical exercises had mean values above 2.50 except participation which had below 2.50 mean values. It was further discovered that gender did not significantly differ in the areas of exercise types, beneficial effects, and barriers in participating and engaging actually in any physical exercise. The researcher therefore recommended that the state and local governments should organize physical exercise by making user of physical education leaders for workers all over the state.