Veramae Woods
KINS 474 Homework Assignment #1: Exercise Behavior and Adherence Exercise Behavior and Adherence is an important factor in maintaining health and staying active in everyday life. Most of the research on this topic focuses on the effect that support has on maintaining a workout plan and also how the different varieties of exercise makes a difference in how long people continue their workout plans. Being that I have struggles with maintaining workouts even though I know I need to change my habits, this topic helps motivate me and gives me the guidelines to help me start a workout plan and not stop due to the any struggles that people come across. I have found two articles that shows how motivation plays into how long people maintain
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The results show that of the 144 students who attended the initial introduction/baseline test, 121 participants received the variety support by attending at least one exercise session and were therefore included in the study. In this study, it resulted that the high variety support group had a greater adherence than the low variety support group as the high variety support group completed an average of 11.56 exercise sessions compared to the low variety support group completing only an average of 9.16 sessions out of 18. The study also focused on competence, relatedness, and autonomy. In this study competence referred to feeling capable and effective in one’s environment, relatedness referred to feeling connected to others, and autonomy referred to feeling of self-governance and volition in one’s choice r behavior. Each person was given a questionnaire regarding effects on perceived variety in competence, relatedness, and autonomy. Results show that there was a statistical significant intervention on perceived variety, but not perceived competence, relatedness or autonomy. The authors in this article explained that higher variety support …show more content…
The main similarity was that they both provided information on how completing a variety of exercises rather than only completing the same exercises every day or every workout session is more effective when it comes to adhering to an exercise program. The differences were that the journal article had more proof where the website article mainly gave suggestions that were not proved in the website article, but were explained in my journal article. Having a study to refer to that has evidence and methodology really helps research and without the journal article many people would be confused and without some type of evidence to prove that something works, people would lack motivation or reasons to work out and see effective results. The authors in both of my articles stressed the importance of having a partner and also not repeating the same exercises as it is not effective in adhering to an exercise
Kilpatrick, Marcus, Edward Hebert, and John Bartholomew. "College Students' Motivation for Physical Activity: Differentiating Men's and Women's Motives for Sport Participation and Exercise ." Journal of American College Health 54 (2005): 92. Mintel . Web. 4 Dec. 2013.
An individual going to the gym by themselves will not motivate them on anything they do. That is why people like to have a buddy, trainer, or group with them so they can work harder, and show those persons how they can work hard and not give up. Being alone will make them give up, and stop their exercise because they think they can’t do it. In the contrary, having someone makes them compete, accomplish, work harder, and not give up on any exercise they give them. Because that person will not put an individual to rest, a trainer will make the other person sweat and be super exhausted. For example, a 12th grader went to the gym alone, and didn’t know what to do. So he started working by himself, and do easy exercises. However, he put a timer of 60 second of doing squats, but he stop half way. He stop because he thought he could not finish. Because he puts in his mind that he can not finish. In the contrary, if he had a trainer or a group of friends, those persons will eventually make him go, and not stop in something that he can’t do. Because he is being pushed by someone else, and that someone else makes sure for that person no to give up, and to keep going. That person makes sure he knows that he is capable of doing
In the Social Cognitive Theory reinforcements can be internal factors such as rewarding yourself or they can be external factors. For me my reinforcement came in the form of motivation and support from my friends and the feeling of completion every time I complete a workout class. When I dedicated to join group fitness classes I was fortunate enough to convince a few of my friends to join also and together we have become each other support system. They push me to attend classes and the reinforcement of the feeling of total completion after any given class further motivates and pushes me to continue my positive growth. For any change to be successful we must always push ourselves because when you make a life-style change such as become more physically active and joining group-based fitness we must always continue to work and create new goals because we are always changing and progressing in
Positive reinforcement is more likely to help me form a workout schedule because I reward myself after I finish with something pleasant and
...exercise intrinsic motivation. Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion, 19(2), 18-26.
Prior to internal factors, it comes from the individual attributes itself. Firstly is motivation. The influence of motivation was evident in the study, emerging from various sources. Based on Petursdottir, Arnadottir, & Halldorsdottir (2010), elderly with health problems were eager to find activities and exercise that fitted them and in many cases, they adapted their exercises to their life. Otherwise for other participants, they were motivated by the results of the exercise, not because they liked it or enjoyed it. However, there is one of the participants seemed to lack the motivation to exercise, based on an overwhelming experience of boredom while exercising (Petursdottir, Arnadottir, & Halldorsdottir, 2010). Moreover, the participants were also very candid about their lack of self-discipline and motivation when trying to adhere to an exercise program. Prior to boredom, some respondents noted that there were “much more interesting” things to do rather than exercising, which developed into a ...
Therefore, individual motivation is main motivators to engagement (Tulloch et al, 2013; Lascar et al, 2014). Korkiakangas et al (2009) claim internal motivation is more beneficial in ensuring compliance to health interventions in comparison to external motivation. A well- motivated learning experience may alter individual lifestyle and behaviour; however, Casey et al (2010) emphasised that the importance of motivation in exercise intervention requires will-power. Furthermore, the motives for physical activity include social and psychological motives. Social motives include a convivial atmosphere such as respect and support from others while psychological motives include positive body image, promotion of health benefits and improved sense of well-being (Korkiakangas et al, 2010). However, Korkiakangas et al (2009) systematic review highlighted that regular counselling is essential in order to promote physical activity among diabetes
During the healthy care self project I have and have not achieved my goal. During this project I learned that things do come up in life and even though you may have a plan and want to follow a regimen you will not always be able to follow it as well as you would like to. A key thing looking back that hindered my achievement towards my goal was life and how busy it can become. When it came to working out in the beginning I was very faithful to it but once I began having assessments in school I began looking at it to what is more important, working out or my grades in school. As a student who is paying for their own schooling, school always seemed more important than. While looking at the provided graph you can see what I did attend the gym faithfully in the beginning of the project but after a few weeks in is when I began to stop attending the gym.
For all three behavioral indices, participants in the precontemplation stage reported the least physical activity behavior, whereas participants in the action and maintenance stages of behavior change reported the most physical activity behavior. In addition, physical activity behavior progressively increased from the precontemplation to the action stage of behavior change for all three indices. The results for the relationships between the stages of behavior change and other TTM constructs were that each of the TTM behavior change constructs had a statistically significant relationship with stage of physical activity behavior change. These relationships were positive for self-efficacy, pros, and decisional balance and negative for cons. The results for the perceived pros and cons of physical activity were divided into the top four pro (benefit) statements and the top three con (barriers) statements. The four top pro statements were: 1) sense of personal accomplishment, 2) increased muscle strength, 3) improved muscle tone, and 4) improved mental health. The three top cons (barriers) were: 1) physical activity tires me, 2) I am fatigued by physical activity, and 4) physical activity is hard work for me. Frequency counts were used to
The behavior change I pursued included running 3 miles a day for three days of the week. In this analysis I explore how my perceptions fit within the Theory of Planned Behavior, overview specific methods of change, evaluate pitfalls, social support, and identify potential areas of improvement.
... for the authors’ claim that people are more likely to stick to playing sports than to continue exercising in the long run. The approach in this study was to determine the kinds of motivation experienced by people when they engage in a particular kind of physical activity. I think an alternative approach could have been used to learn about the kinds of motivation that cause people to choose one kind of physical activity over another. In other words instead of using the types of physical activity as a starting point, the motivations themselves could be used as a starting point, to gain a different perspective. This method of conceptualizing the study is more appealing to me because it seems more direct to say that motivation leads to a particular type of physical activity than to say that this type of physical activity is associated with certain kinds of motivation.
1. Bloomquist, C. D., Gyurcsik, N. C., Brawley, L. R., Spink, K. S., & Bray, S. R. (2008). The Road to Exercise Is Filled With Good Intentions: Why Don't My Proximal Exercise Intentions Match My Actions?. Journal Of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 13(2), 102-118. doi:10.1111/j.1751-9861.2008.00030.x
Having your fitness goal written down and posted in an area where you can see it every day is a sure way to help you stay motivated. Make sure your goals are SMART, meaning S-Specific, M-Measurable, A-Attainable, R-Realistic and T-Timely. This helps you to progress continually and limit possible lapses. Categorize your goals as short-term or long-term as well to help you stay focused on one goal at a time. Short-term goals include start up physical activity such as 10-minute brisk walking a day, using the stairs every day instead of the elevator at the of...
Kilpatrick, M., Hebert, E., & Bartholomew, J. (2005). College students' motivation for physical activity: Differentiating men's and women's motives for
Some activity clubs we provide include, dancing, running, jump roping, basketball and soccer clubs, just to name a few. These clubs encourage kids to stay active. Our PE program also sends out monthly newsletters to the parents that give them ways to help their child live a healthy lifestyle. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education states, “Regular physical activity improves functional status and limits disability during the middle and later adult years. Physical activity contributes to quality of life, psychological health, and the ability to meet physical work demands. Physical education can serve as a vehicle for helping students to develop the knowledge, attitudes, motor skills, behavioral skills, and confidence needed to adopt and maintain physically active lifestyles. The outcomes of a quality physical education program include the development of students’ physical competence, health-related fitness, self-esteem, and overall enjoyment of physical activity. These outcomes enable students to make informed decisions and choices about leading a physically active lifestyle. In early years children derive pleasure from movement sensations and experience challenge and joy as they sense a growing competence in their movement ability. Evidence suggests that the level of participation, the degree of skill, and the number of activities mastered as a child directly influences the extent to which children will continue to participate in physical activity as an