Promotion of physical activity has become a global priority for public health. While many
people do not adhere to the recommendations, sport and exercise maintainers have found …

Understanding motivation for exercise can be helpful in improving levels of physical activity.
The Physical Activity and Leisure Motivation Scale (PALMS) measures distinct goal-oriented …

Regular exercise and lifestyle physical activity are often used interchangeably or combined
in physical activity messaging based on evidence for their relatively equivalent health …

Background In recent years, there has been a decline in physical activity among adults.
Motivation has been shown to be a crucial factor in maintaining physical activity. The …

Target group-specific intervention strategies are often called for in order to effectively
promote exercise and sport. Currently, motives and goals are rarely included systematically …

There is a lack of understanding as to how exercise motives differ across age cohorts. Over
the last decade, CrossFit training (CFT) has emerged as a forerunner in the fitness industry …

Background To develop targeted policy strategies to increase sports participation, more
insight is needed into the behavioural patterns and preferences of users of different club …

This study aimed at investigating the effect of motivational dimensions proposed by Pelletier,
et al. in 1995, both on sport participation levels and on intention for continuing participation …

The aim was to better understand the role of motives in exercise participation. It was
hypothesised that motives influence exercise participation by influencing behavioural …

From socio-psychological point of view, this study was based on why many people caused
their exercise activity on the way, giving up their exercise in activity, even when they started …