9 new National Physical Fitness Certification Centers...Expanding 96 locations nationwide

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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Choi Hwi-young) has newly selected nine national physical fitness certification centers in 2026 along with the National Sports Promotion Corporation (Chairman Ha Hyung-joo). As a result, a total of 96 national physical fitness certification centers will be expanded nationwide.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a contest with local governments earlier this year to select the National Physical Fitness Certification Center in 2026 and selected the final destination by comprehensively evaluating space (facilities), accessibility, operating conditions, and ways to promote use. The selected center will provide a total of 120 million won per year in operating expenses, labor costs, and physical measurement equipment.

The National Physical Fitness Certification Center is the core foundation of the National Physical Fitness 100, which measures physical fitness status by individual and life cycle according to health fitness standards that must be prepared for health maintenance and disease prevention, and provides customized exercise prescriptions and fitness promotion programs.

The number of physical fitness measurements increased from 330,000 in 2024 to 380,000 in 2025, and the number of participants in physical fitness classes increased from 1.39 million in 2024 to 2.28 million in 2025, up 54.5% from the previous year.

According to a study by the Korea Sports Science Institute, participants in the "National Fitness 100" project receive about 400,000 won in annual medical expenses savings per person compared to non-participants (Korea Sports Physiology Society, Sports Science, August 2025). Citizens who wish to use the National Physical Fitness Certification Center can make a reservation through the "National Physical Fitness 100" website (http://nfa.kspo.or.kr ) or by phone (02-1644-7110).

To encourage more local governments to participate, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to ease the area standard for physical fitness measurement space and distribute advanced physical fitness measurement equipment first to new centers selected this year.

Kim Dae-hyun, the second vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said, "We will continue to expand the foundation for physical fitness measurement so that anyone can receive scientific exercise prescription services nearby."

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