Women's exercise identity increases after a 16-week exercise RCT and is linked to behavior maintenance at follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Regular exercise is critical for disease prevention, but adherence to public health guidelines is poor. Exercise identity is purported to be associated with exercise behavior maintenance, but the extant literature is largely cross-sectional and of low/modest quality.

Purpose

To examine change in exercise identity after completion of a supervised exercise intervention, as well as associations between change in exercise identity and exercise maintenance at 6-months follow-up.

Methods

N = 276 insufficiently physically active women were randomized to a 16-week, supervised exercise training intervention with 4 conditions fully crossed on intensity (vigorous/moderate) and duration (long/short). Exercise identity was measured pre- and post-intervention and

SUBMITTER: Gillman AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7901813 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature