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Motivation

Motivation. Focus:. Increase the likelihood that people will adhere to a program once they have started No “magic pill” for motivation Once personal trainers become proficient at motivation they will understand the impact they have in changing lives.

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Motivation

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  1. Motivation

  2. Focus: • Increase the likelihood that people will adhere to a program once they have started • No “magic pill” for motivation • Once personal trainers become proficient at motivation they will understand the impact they have in changing lives

  3. FACTORS INFLUENCING EXERCISE PARTICIPATION AND ADHERENCE • Personal attributes • Demographic variables • Education, income, age, gender • Low levels of activity have been associated with increase in age, fewer years of education and low income • Men demonstrate higher, more consistent adherence rates than women • Biomedical status • Refers to health conditions • No consistent relationship between health condition and adherence

  4. FACTORS INFLUENCING EXERCISE PARTICIPATION AND ADHERENCE • Activity history • Most important and influential personal attribute variable • Past program participation is the most reliable predictor of current participation • Important to gather this information before you start program design • Psychological traits • Tendencies that people have in their personality or psychological makeup • Ex: self-motivation trait has been shown to have a positive relationship with physical activity adherence

  5. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS • Access to facilities • Time • Social support

  6. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FACTORS • Intensity • Dropout rate for vigorous intensity exercise programs is almost twice as high as in moderate intensity • Higher adherence if they are able to choose their exercise • Can be measured by heart rate reserve or RPE • Injury: • Injuries that occur during program participation is directly related to program drop out

  7. UNDERSTANDING MOVITIVATION • Can be many different things. Can come from within a person, from people’s guidance and support, from things, ideas and events. • Common approaches for evaluating motivations: • Intrinsic motivation: motivation that comes from internal states, such as enjoyment or personal satisfaction • They are physically active because they truly enjoy it • Extrinsic motivation: motivation that comes from external rewards, such as material or social rewards • Most fall under this category, can have feelings of tension, guilt or pressure

  8. UNDERSTANDING MOVITIVATION • The best thing a personal trainer can do is to help empower the client with the perception of control of their own participation and then to give client of control • Self-Efficacy: the belief in one’s own capabilities to successfully engage in physical activity program • Helps with motivation/adherence/positive thinking/reaching goals

  9. UNDERSTANDING MOVITIVATION • Personal trainers should try to enhance the feelings of enjoyment and accomplishment that come with program participation by providing: • Feedback • Including the client in aspects of program design • Creating a workout environment that is aesthetically pleasing • Includes verbal and nonverbal information • Can be intrinsic (their own sensory systems, what they feel, see or hear) or extrinsic (error corrections, encouragement) • Provides a guide to clients of how they are doing: • Knowledge of results: the motivation impact of feedback provided to a person learning a new task or behavior indicating the outcomes of the performance

  10. LEADERSHIP QUALITIES: an art and science • Successfully influences the way their clients think, feel and behave • A “coach” working together with client to achieve goals • Professionalism, appearance clean and non threatening, should not look like you just got finished working out • Credibility: Practice what you preach • Trustworthy: do not break clients trust • Listener • Caring and interested, goal setting, teach relapse (the return of an original problem after many lapses have occurred) prevention techniques, take clients opinion into consideration • Show empathy

  11. THE PERSONAL TRAINER’S ROLE IN BUILDING ADHERENCE • Program design: with regard to each client’s preferences, schedule, experience, apprehensions and constraints • Role clarity: clearly defined expectations, define each parties responsibilities, what does each person need to do to hold up their end of the deal, write them down • Goal setting: SMART goals (ch.3), avoid setting: • too many goals • negative goals • DO set short and long term goals • revisit goals on a regular basis • Contracts/agreements: behavior contracts

  12. STRATEGIES TO MAINTAIN CLIENT MOTVIATION • Relapse is common and should be expected. Plan ahead and be prepared • Can occur because of: • Time • Finances • Prioritizing • Prioritizing • Scheduling • Support issues • Dislike or dissatisfaction with the program • Both personal trainer and client need to be aware or relapse and recognize it early

  13. Motivation cards: • Split up the motivation cards equally at your table • Use your understanding motivation notes to come up with a solution to your partners problem • Example problem of client: • I don’t think I can do that exercise

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