Fitness Training As a Body-Centered Hobby: the Serious Leisure Perspective for Explaining Exercise Practice

Physical exercise is an activity whose health-related benefits have been promoted by health professionals and social institutions. However, given that the levels of practice are not ideal, the subjective variables - that give meaning, provide continuity and may increase exercise adherence - need to...

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Autores: Codina, Núria (Codina Mata), Pestana, José Vicente, Stebbins, Robert A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/170034
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/170034
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Entrenament (Esport)
Lleure
Coaching (Athletics)
Leisure
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spelling Fitness Training As a Body-Centered Hobby: the Serious Leisure Perspective for Explaining Exercise PracticeCodina, Núria (Codina Mata)Pestana, José VicenteStebbins, Robert A.Entrenament (Esport)LleureCoaching (Athletics)LeisurePhysical exercise is an activity whose health-related benefits have been promoted by health professionals and social institutions. However, given that the levels of practice are not ideal, the subjective variables - that give meaning, provide continuity and may increase exercise adherence - need to be studied in depth. In this sense, fitness training is analyzed as a form of serious leisure, a body-centered hobby - a way to practice and relate to the activity that leads its practitioners to adhere more to it, orienting them towards a career in acquiring and expressing skills, knowledge and experience. In total, 1,134 people (588 men, 546 women) doing fitness training, aged between 18 and 70 years old (M = 34.7, SD = 13.06), answered a questionnaire about time dedicated to exercise as serious leisure and its derived and complementary benefits. Student's t Coefficient and ANOVA were used to show the significance of the differences among the scores obtained for the rewards related to exercise and the other variables of the study. The results highlight that exercise as serious leisure is an activity whose weekly time investment makes it to acquire a central role when rewarded by sense of accomplishment, contact with others, improved health and being outdoors with the family. To conclude, this study enhances that characterizing fitness training as a body-centered hobby - which shares the principles of serious leisure - implies a new approach to the analysis of exercise while also suggesting new ways of promoting it.Universitat de les Illes Balears i Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona2020202020202020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion9 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/170034Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Social i Psicologia Quantitativa)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://www.rpd-online.com/article/view/2777Revista de Psicologia del Deporte, 2020, vol. 29, num. 2, p. 73-81cc-by-sa (c) Codina, Núria (Codina Mata) et al., 2020http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1700342026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Fitness Training As a Body-Centered Hobby: the Serious Leisure Perspective for Explaining Exercise Practice
spellingShingle Fitness Training As a Body-Centered Hobby: the Serious Leisure Perspective for Explaining Exercise Practice
Codina, Núria (Codina Mata)
Entrenament (Esport)
Lleure
Coaching (Athletics)
Leisure
title_short Fitness Training As a Body-Centered Hobby: the Serious Leisure Perspective for Explaining Exercise Practice
title_full Fitness Training As a Body-Centered Hobby: the Serious Leisure Perspective for Explaining Exercise Practice
title_fullStr Fitness Training As a Body-Centered Hobby: the Serious Leisure Perspective for Explaining Exercise Practice
title_full_unstemmed Fitness Training As a Body-Centered Hobby: the Serious Leisure Perspective for Explaining Exercise Practice
title_sort Fitness Training As a Body-Centered Hobby: the Serious Leisure Perspective for Explaining Exercise Practice
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Codina, Núria (Codina Mata)
Pestana, José Vicente
Stebbins, Robert A.
author Codina, Núria (Codina Mata)
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Pestana, José Vicente
Stebbins, Robert A.
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Stebbins, Robert A.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Entrenament (Esport)
Lleure
Coaching (Athletics)
Leisure
topic Entrenament (Esport)
Lleure
Coaching (Athletics)
Leisure
description Physical exercise is an activity whose health-related benefits have been promoted by health professionals and social institutions. However, given that the levels of practice are not ideal, the subjective variables - that give meaning, provide continuity and may increase exercise adherence - need to be studied in depth. In this sense, fitness training is analyzed as a form of serious leisure, a body-centered hobby - a way to practice and relate to the activity that leads its practitioners to adhere more to it, orienting them towards a career in acquiring and expressing skills, knowledge and experience. In total, 1,134 people (588 men, 546 women) doing fitness training, aged between 18 and 70 years old (M = 34.7, SD = 13.06), answered a questionnaire about time dedicated to exercise as serious leisure and its derived and complementary benefits. Student's t Coefficient and ANOVA were used to show the significance of the differences among the scores obtained for the rewards related to exercise and the other variables of the study. The results highlight that exercise as serious leisure is an activity whose weekly time investment makes it to acquire a central role when rewarded by sense of accomplishment, contact with others, improved health and being outdoors with the family. To conclude, this study enhances that characterizing fitness training as a body-centered hobby - which shares the principles of serious leisure - implies a new approach to the analysis of exercise while also suggesting new ways of promoting it.
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