Chapter 8: Adherence to Exercise: Helping Your Clients Stay Active

Question 1

Self-efficacy

Answer 1

Individual’s confidence to successfully complete exercise

Question 2

Extrinsic Motivation

Answer 2

exercising for weight loss or
appearance

Question 3

Intrinsic Motivation

Answer 3

Exercising for enjoyment or accomplishment

Question 4

Perceived barriers

Answer 4

Numerous factors that impair individual’s belief that they can exercise

Question 5

Self-regulation

Answer 5

Strategies for planning, organizing, and managing exercise activities to “stay on track”

Question 6

Social Support

Answer 6

Exchange of aid or assistance among individuals or groups within a social network.

Question 7

Environment

Answer 7

May include access to facilities, weather, neighborhood environment, or where the exercise takes place

Question 8

Outcome expectancy values

Answer 8

How much the individual values the expected outcome

Question 9

Duration

Answer 9

Length of time spent active

Question 10

Intensity

Answer 10

How hard the client works

Question 11

Major life events

Answer 11

Events in a client’s life that impact his or her daily routine

Question 12

Program tailoring

Answer 12

Having a program that is in accordance with the client’s preferences and goals

Question 13

Core affect

Answer 13

The most basic element of all valenced responses

Question 14

Enjoyment

Answer 14

A positive emotion, a positive affective state

Question 15

Type of Physical Activity

Answer 15

The type of physical activity that clients participate in.

Question 16

Active Commuting

Answer 16

Commuting to work through some means of physical activity as opposed to driving or public transportation.

Question 17

Personal Barriers

Answer 17

Personal barriers are individual-level barriers that may be internal or behavioral

Question 18

Social Barriers

Answer 18

Social barriers are barriers that arise in relation to an individual’s social network.

Question 19

Environmental Barriers

Answer 19

Environmental barriers are physical barriers, often outside of the individual’s control, that prevent him or her from being active.

Question 20

Emotional support

Answer 20

Workout partners or buddy systems that provide encouragement and caring to the client

Question 21

Tangible support

Answer 21

Tangible support may involve help with childcare, household duties, or costs to participate in exercise programs.

Question 22

Informational support

Answer 22

Informational support may include knowledge and skills the Personal Trainer provides clients or information and referrals from the Personal Trainer regarding something that has been read on the Internet or in a fitness magazine.

Question 23

Appraisal support

Answer 23

Appraisal support includes constructive feedback from the Personal Trainer or from significant individuals regarding progress and normalization the experiences of challenge.