Association between motivational aspects, BMI and gender in resistance training practitioners

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify the main motivational factors that lead adults to seek physical activity practices in gyms and their relationship with gender and BMI. The study had a quantitative, analytical, cross-sectional and randomized characteristic and was held in 4 physical training centers. In a population of 550 individuals, the sample consisted of 134, adults of both sexes, bodybuilding practitioners. As a tool and collection, a questionnaire from Meneguzzi and Voser (2011) was used to verify the motivational aspects for the practice of physical activity. For data homogeneity and normality, the Levene and Kolmogorov- Smirnov test were used, respectively. To verify the association between qualitative data, the chi-square test was used. A 95% confidence interval was adopted, reflecting a value of p<0.05. The research participants were adults of both sexes with an average age of (30.7+9.11years) and a BMI of (25.29+3.4kg/m 2 ). The sample consisted of 49.25% men (n=66) and 50.75% women (n=68). There was no association between BMI and gender with motivational factors for the practice of strength training (p>0.05). With the exception of “social integration”, in all other factors the “extremely important” option was evident in most groups. We concluded in this study that, as a motivational factor, the majority of adults consider conditioning, aesthetics, health and anxiety control to be the practice of resistance training, as well as the different BMI and gender do not influence these responses.