Exercise Motivation Typology and Participation among Adult Exercisers in Public Open Spaces in Enugu Capital Territory

📄 Project Abstract

Exercise motivation has appeared as one of the concepts identified in ensuring and promoting regular participation in physical activity or physical exercise in recent times. Since the past three decades, efforts to generate a substantial amount of research concerning exercise motivation have been on the increase. This is because emphasis has shifted from provision of new exercise methods and machines to finding ways to improve exercise adherence. Research has shown that lack of physical activity is one of the most significant poor lifestyle concerns of our society (Daniel & Gould, 2004). The US Department of Health and Human Services Report (1996) revealed inadequate participation in health enhancing physical activity, particularly among adults. Study by Higgins (2004) revealed that at age 12 years individuals' engagement in physical activity is up to 70 per cent and then when they are 21 years of age their engagement in physical activity will have dropped to 40%.There also exists a bo...