Introduction: Exercise is one of the ways that people can help to overcome on the pressures of physical, emotional, social and psychological stress of living in today's turbulent world. The aim of this study was to determine the barriers to participation of women in sporting activities in Lar city.
Methodology: This research is descriptive (surveys) research, the research data were collected through field study and in terms of goal is an applied research. Statistical population of this study included all women of Lar city and the sample with using Morgan table and on basis of unlimited of population were considered equal to 384. To collect the data, a questionnaire of Mir Ghafuri (2009) was used. Friedman test was used to prioritize obstacles. The significance level in this study P ≤05.0 was determined. Statistical analysis was performed by spss software version 20.
Results: The result shows that the biggest factor in the absence of women in Lar City is the social barriersuse to participate in sports clubs. It also studies other factors, other obstacles such as lack of proper information about sports clubs, lack of time because of busy work, Child care and housekeeping tasks, male-dominated culture of the sport in society of Lar City, the most important inhibitory factors of women's participation in sports clubs in Lar City.
Discussion: Women with regular participation in sports and sports clubs not only help to health of themselves but also they helps to her family's health and happiness, because women and mothers who are exercising are definitely lead to their family's to sport. It is hoped liable with respect to the importance and necessity of the sport in family health and as a result population health, finding guidelines to eliminate these problems and fix the problem to participation women in the sport.