Motivos que levam as mulheres a praticarem academia em Pantano Grande - RS.

Abstract

This study aims to describe the main reasons that lead women to practice physical activity in a gym of Pantano Grande - RS. The study is a descriptive and exploratory type, composed of 36 women practitioners from gym, aged 12 to 70 years. To collect data, was used the questionnaire called Inventory Motivational Regular practice of physically activity IMPRAF-54. This inventory evaluates six dimensions that are integrated motivation to practice regular physical activities, which are: Stress Control, Health, Sociability, Competitiveness, Aesthetics and Pleasure. Each dimension was analyzed separately to see which of them had a higher expression. For the data analyzed, the measurements were the mean and standard deviation. To estimate the reliability of the survey, it was also calculated Cronbach'apos;s alpha. In the three study age groups, the size of greater importance was the health, and the less expressive dimension was Competitiveness. For age groups of adult and elderly, the second concern of utmost importance for them was pleasure, and for the younger, aesthetics. From these results, it was concluded that more and more people are concerned about their health, and that over the years the aesthetic interests decrease, and, in turn, extends to concern for their well-being and pleasure to practice exercises.