Fatores motivacionais associados à busca por academias de musculação na cidade de Veranópolis

Abstract

This study aims to verify the main motivational factors that lead people to seek and join the practice of physical exercise in gyms in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, also comparing the motivational factors according to gender and age groups. It is characterized as a quantitative, exploratory and descriptive research, which approached six gyms in the city, where 62 people participated in the questionnaire. The chosen instrument was the IMPRAF 54 (Inventory of Motivation to Regular Physical Activity Practice), consisting of 54 questions with direct answers and covering six dimensions: stress control, health, sociability, competitiveness, esthetics, and pleasure. The conclusion is that in the city of Veranópolis, the biggest motivation is the search for esthetics, pleasure, and health, and that in relation to age and age groups the numbers were practically equivalent, only differing in the search for esthetics, where the search is greater for young people in relation to older people. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]