Qualified fitness trainers practice scientifically based judgement in prescribing exercise programs

IF 3.1 2区心理学 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM Psychology of Sport and Exercise Pub Date : 2024-05-20 DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102659

Choon Peng Oi , Selvi Kausiliha Vijayan , Hui Yin Ler

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Fitness trainers are widely in demand by both commercial fitness centres and individual people. They serve members in one-to-one personal training (PT) or group training (GX) in commercial fitness centres. However, the services provided by fitness trainers have not been consistent across the industry. This service inconsistency has led to an increased doubt about professionalism in conducting safe and correct exercise for the public. No studies have evaluated how fitness trainers make decisions when they curate exercise programs for members. This research utilized a qualitative semi-structured interview method to collect data from 16 fitness trainers in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Inverview data was verbatim transcribed and analyzed using a theory-driven analysis. The study investigated fitness training professional decision-making processes when they design and precribe fitness execise programming to clients. Using Cognitive Continuum Theory (CCT) as a lens to explore the decision-making processes revealed a dichotomy of decision-making processes for curating personal training and group training. Feedback mechanism in the implementation of personal training was proven to be more personalized than group training. There are four themes in decision-making processed discovered to be impreative characteristics for fitness trainers. The application of CCT allowed further understanding of the implementation of exercise programs for PT and GX training when fitness trainers modified exercise programs.

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合格的健身教练在制定运动计划时，会根据科学依据做出判断。

商业健身中心和个人都对健身教练有着广泛的需求。他们在商业健身中心为会员提供一对一私人培训（PT）或团体培训（GX）。然而，健身教练提供的服务在整个行业中并不一致。这种服务的不一致性导致人们对为公众提供安全、正确锻炼的专业性产生了更多的怀疑。还没有研究评估过健身教练在为会员策划锻炼计划时是如何做出决定的。本研究采用半结构式定性访谈法，收集了马来西亚大吉隆坡地区 16 名健身教练的数据。访谈数据被逐字转录，并采用理论驱动分析法进行分析。该研究调查了健身教练在为客户设计和预设健身执行计划时的专业决策过程。以认知连续性理论（CCT）为视角来探索决策过程，发现了个人培训和团体培训决策过程的二分法。事实证明，个人培训实施过程中的反馈机制比集体培训更加个性化。在决策制定过程中，有四个主题被发现对健身教练来说是不具威胁性的特征。在健身教练修改运动计划时，应用 CCT 可以进一步了解 PT 和 GX 培训运动计划的实施情况。

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise 医学-心理学

CiteScore

6.40

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5.90%

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172

审稿时长

69 days

期刊介绍： Psychology of Sport and Exercise is an international forum for scholarly reports in the psychology of sport and exercise, broadly defined. The journal is open to the use of diverse methodological approaches. Manuscripts that will be considered for publication will present results from high quality empirical research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, commentaries concerning already published PSE papers or topics of general interest for PSE readers, protocol papers for trials, and reports of professional practice (which will need to demonstrate academic rigour and go beyond mere description). The CONSORT guidelines consort-statement need to be followed for protocol papers for trials; authors should present a flow diagramme and attach with their cover letter the CONSORT checklist. For meta-analysis, the PRISMA prisma-statement guidelines should be followed; authors should present a flow diagramme and attach with their cover letter the PRISMA checklist. For systematic reviews it is recommended that the PRISMA guidelines are followed, although it is not compulsory. Authors interested in submitting replications of published studies need to contact the Editors-in-Chief before they start their replication. We are not interested in manuscripts that aim to test the psychometric properties of an existing scale from English to another language, unless new validation methods are used which address previously unanswered research questions.