Exercise Adherence
There are many factors that could affect exercise adherence. These many factors are split into two groups:
Personal Factors: There are three personal factors: personality, demographic and behaviour.
Personality – Motivation and self efficiency are both grouped into the personality category. People need to motivate themselves to begin training programmes and exercise and be able to maintain it without giving it up. People need self efficiency because they have to be able to believe in themselves and there abilities.
Demographic – Socioeconomic and age are both in this category. As people get older they exercise less so they don’t stick to it or just don’t do it. School children aged 12-16 tend to take part in more exercise as they have to do as it is compulsory to the curriculum. Socioeconomic status affects sticking to exercise as it has been proven that people who tend to be more richer or from a better off background tend to do more exercise. This could be because they can afford to take part in exercise and afford the best gyms and schools with the best facilities.
Behaviour – Whether people have a positive or a negative attitude towards doing exercise affects how well they adhere to exercise.
Environmental Factors: There are three environmental categories: social environment, physical environment and characteristics of physical activity.
Social Environment – If we have a good social life and are surrounded by good, supportive friends and family then we are more likely to carry out an exercise programme and carry on doing it.
Physical Environment – This is the lack of time or our locations. Research has shown that many people say their biggest barrier to exercise is the lack of time they have to do exercise.
Characteristics – If people stop training during a programme it could be likely that they started to realise there programme was too intense and they were training for too long, many people go into a training programme head on instead of taking their time and building to a high intensity programme. People may find it hard whether they want to train alone or with someone else and this could affect their exercise adherence. If you are in a team and have a coach, whether or not they have the right characteristics for the job will affect you adhering to the sport.
Exercise Adherence
There are many factors that could affect exercise adherence. These many factors are split into two groups:
Personal Factors: There are three personal factors: personality, demographic and behaviour.
Personality – Motivation and self efficiency are both grouped into the personality category. People need to motivate themselves to begin training programmes and exercise and be able to maintain it without giving it up. People need self efficiency because they have to be able to believe in themselves and there abilities.
Demographic – Socioeconomic and age are both in this category. As people get older they exercise less so they don’t stick to it or just don’t do it. School children aged 12-16 tend to take part in more exercise as they have to do as it is compulsory to the curriculum. Socioeconomic status affects sticking to exercise as it has been proven that people who tend to be more richer or from a better off background tend to do more exercise. This could be because they can afford to take part in exercise and afford the best gyms and schools with the best facilities.
Behaviour – Whether people have a positive or a negative attitude towards doing exercise affects how well they adhere to exercise.
Environmental Factors: There are three environmental categories: social environment, physical environment and characteristics of physical activity.
Social Environment – If we have a good social life and are surrounded by good, supportive friends and family then we are more likely to carry out an exercise programme and carry on doing it.
Physical Environment – This is the lack of time or our locations. Research has shown that many people say their biggest barrier to exercise is the lack of time they have to do exercise.
Characteristics – If people stop training during a programme it could be likely that they started to realise there programme was too intense and they were training for too long, many people go into a training programme head on instead of taking their time and building to a high intensity programme. People may find it hard whether they want to train alone or with someone else and this could affect their exercise adherence. If you are in a team and have a coach, whether or not they have the right characteristics for the job will affect you adhering to the sport.
