Motives and barriers (kinesiophobia) for physical activity people training at the gym
Motives and barriers (kinesiophobia) for physical activity people training at the gym

Summary/Abstract: Introduction: Physical activity (PA) is one of the most important of health predictors. Exercising at the gym has gained popularity in the last few years. In this context all the motives as well as the barriers seems to be interesting while undertaking this form of activity. Objective: It was decided to determine motives and barriers of PA of the people training regularly at the gym. Materials and methods: 100 people aged 16 to 36 years old were examined. 27 women 21,4±1,8 years and 73 men 21,7±3,0 years. Qualification for research includement was at least 6 months of training experience and active participation in trainings. The research tool examining motives for physical activity was a questionnaire: The Motives for Physical Activity Measure – Revised (MPAM-R) and fear of movement was examined by: Kinesiophobia Causes Scale (KCS). Results: According to MPAM-R the main motive for starting exercising at the gym was fitness. The level of kinesiophobia do not vary between women and men and in both sex is low. Multiple negative correlation of motives with kinesiophobia was found. PA is participated by people with high energetic resources, whom is taking serious care of their body. Actual percentage of women gym participation shows that motives for strength training are more complex and vary between sex. Conclusions: People training at the gym are characterized by high level of selfmotivation of PA. Social motive is the least important. Women present slightly higher level of motivation than men, especially in Fitness and Apperance motives. Number and time of workouts correlate only in men’s group. People training at the gym tend to have low level of kinesiophobia.

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