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6. Creating Memorable Movement Experiences Flashcards

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What are the factors that influence a person’s decision to engage in exercise?

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Personal attributes, environmental factors, physical activity factors

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What are the personal attributes that affect adherence to physical activity?

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Demographics, health status, activity history, psychological traits, knowledge attitudes and beliefs

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What demographic factors are seen with lower levels of activity?

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Increasing age, fewer years of education, and low income

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What are the benefits of supervised exercise settings?

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Age no longer becomes a factor and adherance levels increase among participants of various ages

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What do we usually see with the health status of individuals who suffer from chronic illness?

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Lower exercise frequency

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What health status misconceptions are there around people with chronic diseases?

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People with chronic diseases should not exercise

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What is the group fitness instructors roll with regards to health status?

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To create an environment in which all participants are able to engage in exercise safely

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What is one of the most important and influential personal attribute variables in fitness?

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Activity history

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How does activity history affect a person’s participation in fitness activities?

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Past program participation is the most reliable predictor of current participation

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What psychological traits are involved in fitness adherence?

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General personality tendencies, psychological traits

Eg. Self motivation, setting goals, monitoring progress, and self reinforcing

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How do knowledge, attitudes and beliefs affect adherence to exercise?

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The way a person thinks and feels about exercise has been shown to influence their intentions regarding being active

E.g. if a persons health perception is poor they are unlikely to start a fitness regimen or if they do exercise it would likely be at a low intensity

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What environmental factors affect participation in fitness?

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Access to facilities, time and social support

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How does location influence participant adherence?

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People with greater access to fitness facilities are more likely to be physically active

Instructors can understand the challenges of getting to class and try to facilitate creative options

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What is one of the most common reasons individuals use for not exercising?

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Lack of time is the most common reason as people perceive that they do not have time to be physically active

This perception is a reflection of a person’s priorities as they might not want to allocate time to something that has been previously unenjoyable

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How does social support affect fitness adherence?

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Social support is important predictor of physical activity behavior, the instructor should be proactive in creating and establishing a support network for participants to build camraderie with in the class

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What are the physical activity factors that affect fitness adherence?

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Intensity and injury

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What is the relationship between intensity and fitness activity?

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The dropout rate in vigourous intensity programs is almost twice as high as in moderate intensity programs

Both women and men more often choose to start with moderate intensity programs

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What is the relationship between injury and physical activity?

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The higher the level of physical activity, the higher the risk for developing an activity related injury

Instructors must take steps to mitigate injury

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How is rapport defined?

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A relationship of trust and mutual understanding

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How is rapport developed?

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Through positive and thoughtful interactions rooted in empathy, attempting to understand what the other person is feeling and experiencing, demonstrating an attitude of caring and concern

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What strategies can and instructor use to develop rapport?

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Active listening, clear communication, professionalism

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What activities can instructors use to learn names?

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Icebreakers, using names before class when greeting participants, using names while offering feedback

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What are essential components of active listening?

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Asking open ended questions using nonverbal communication, positive body language, demonstrate empathy and genuine concern

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What skills can instructor used to demonstrate good listening?

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Open ended questions: what, why, how; reflective listening; summarizing; encouragement

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What percentage of a message is communicated by spoken words?

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Only 7%, 38% is related to tone of voice and 55% is related to body language

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What are nonverbal skills?

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Facial expressions that convey friendliness, eye contact, body language

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What is the concept of cultural competence?

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The ability to communicate and work effectively with people from different cultures

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How can instructors increase their cultural competence?

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Acknowledge their own bias, interact with different cultures, learn about beliefs, attitudes and lifestyles, treat everyone with dignity and respect

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What is an important model for change?

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A transtheoretical model of behaviour change

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What does the TTM describe?

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An individuals readiness for change

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What are the five stages in the TTM model?

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Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance

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What happens in the first stage of precontemplation of TTM?

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Individuals are sedentary and not currently considering exercise, they don’t see exercise of importance

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What happens in the contemplation stage of TTM?

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People are still sedentary but they’re starting to consider exercising and they are beginning to understand why exercise is important although the pros and cons of exercising are still equal

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What is included in the preparation stage of TTM ?

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Individuals begin a little bit of physical activity but it is inconsistent, they explore and plan options

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What is included in the action stage of TTM?

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People engage in regular physical activity but it is still a relatively new habit.

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What is included in the maintenance stage of TTM?

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The individual participates in regular physical activity which has become a habit, there is opportunity for relapse in this stage therefore variety is important

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What is self efficacy?

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The belief in one’s own capabilities to successfully execute necessary courses of action

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Where do we see the effect of self efficacy in TTM?

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Individuals in the earliest stages of TTM have lower levels of self efficacy and don’t believe in their own capabilities

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How does an instructor build someone’s self-efficacy?

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By creating positive, meaningful, inclusive classes in which all participants experience feelings of success and accomplishment

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What is decisional balance?

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The number of pros and cons individual perceives regarding making a decision

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What is the decisional balance in the pre-contemplative stage?

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Individuals perceive more cons to being physically active than benefits

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How does an instructor work with decisional balance?

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Instructors should be able to acknowledge the discomfort and difficulties associated with starting exercise and help to remind participants that they are normal responses and will subside in time
Instructors can also highlight the wide variety of benefits of being active

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What is extrinsic motivation?

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Motivation that comes from external sources outside of oneself

These can include incentives and rewards

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What does it mean for a participant to be intrinsically motivated to exercise?

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They engage in physical activity for the pleasure and experience, the activity is associated with positive attitude and emotions, for example happiness relaxation and freedom

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How can a instructor ensure that the class is enjoyable?

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Incorporate appropriate progressions and regressions, use good teaching strategies, provide consistent and clear feedback, create a welcoming and friendly environment

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What strategies can instructor used to enhance success?

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Encourage participants to set goals and to prepare for setbacks

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What is the key to goalsetting?

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Develop realistic flexible and individualized short term goals at tie into the objectives of the class

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What guidelines can we use when setting goals?

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SMART

specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, Time bound

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What types of goals can people set?

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Physical goals, social goals, emotional and enjoyment goals

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Why is it important to prepare for setbacks?

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Life happens, class schedules change and routines change

Individuals can’t even predict and prepare for changes in their lives helping to continue exercising around those changes

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How does flexibility play a part in attitudes towards activity?

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Individuals can cultivate a flexible attitude with regards to their active lifestyle which will help in working around the challenges of changed routines

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What contributes to the class experience?

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Creating a theme, opening and closing statements

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How does creating a theme add to the class experience?

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It creates a more cohesive feeling weaving a common thread throughout the class

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How does music contributes towards the theme?

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Music can create the atmosphere that supports the theme of the class

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What is the purpose of opening and closing statements?

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Help to define the purpose of the class, manage expectation, set a professional tone and also bring the class to an inspirational conclusion

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How do you develop cohesion in the class?

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Gather around a shared task like learning a new routine or supporting each other in their fitness goals

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What characteristics encourage a feeling of cohesiveness?

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Unity of the instructors and fitness staff, positive social media and communications

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