Fatores motivacionais para a prática do treinamento funcional em uma academia da cidade de João Pessoa/PB: uma abordagem descritiva

Abstract

The population has been seeking a practice of physical activity for both health and aesthetic improvement, and one of the recurrent modalities is functional training (FT), which seeks in its practice the development of strength, balance, coordination, power and endurance. The objective of the present study was to identify the motivational factors for the practice of functional training in a gym in the city of João Pessoa. The research is a descriptive study and a quantitative approach. A sample was made by 30 functional training practitioners, 15 women and 15 men, aged between 20 and 42 years (29.7± 5.2years), practitioners of the modality for more than 6 months, duly registered at the fitness. The variables investigated were the motivational factors for the practice of functional training. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire adapted from Balbinotti and Barbosa (2006) with questions regarding the motivations for the practice of physical activity. Data analysis was performed using mean descriptive statistics, standard deviation and distribution of absolute and included frequencies. The motivational factors for the practice of functional training more observed in both sexes were: having a sense of well-being (100%), improve health (96.7%) live more (96.7%), keep (96.7%), having healthy physical fitness indexes (93.3%), feeling beautiful (90.0%), being calmer (80.0%), having a defined body (80.0%), for one's own pleasure (80.0%) and to reduce stress (80.0%). The motivational factors for the start of practice highlighted most were well-being, health and quality of life (56.7%), weight loss / weight loss with (43.35%), experience and training methodology (33.3 %). The main motivational factors for the continuation of the practice were well-being, health and quality of life (43.3%), followed by the achievement of the objectives and results obtained (30.0%) and improvement and maintenance of physical fitness (30.0%). Practitioners of functional training demonstrated a perception about the influence of various motivational factors for adherence and permanence in the practice of the modality, having the dimensions health, aesthetics, competitiveness, stress control, sociability and pleasure presented different degrees of relevance depending of the training phase.