MOTIVATION, FREQUENCY AND ACTIVITY TYPE IN PHYSICAL EXERCISE PARTICIPANTS

作者：Moreno Murcia J A^*; Borges Silva F; Marcos Pardo P J; Sierra Rodriguez A C; Huescar Hernandez E

来源：Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica y del Deporte, 2012, 12(48): 649-662.

• Integrative motivation
• physical activity or sports
• practice motives
• frequency
• type of exercise

The aim of this study was to test the relationship between integrative motivation and practice motives in participants of physical exercise according to frequency and type of practice carried out. 358 subjects participated in fitness rooms doing directed exercises and bodybuilding exercises. We measured integrative motivation and practice motives. After descriptive and differential analysis, the data revealed that people who participated in fitness programs were more worried about image and social recognition. Data regarding the frequency of practice revealed that exercise of any type of physical activity or sport in fitness centers, more than three days a week, was positively related to motivation and most practice motives. Results are discussed in relation to the optimization of physical activity and sports programs through the arrangement between the type of exercise and the different motives.

• 出版日期2012-12