Result of a study completed by Pennsylvania State University on exercise adherence using Les Mills group fitness classes. Over 90% adherence recorded over 30 week study period.
New to Exercise Adherance - 2012 Group FitnessStudy
1. Get Fit Together
30 Week Group Fitness
Trial
Dr Jinger Gottschall
The Pennsylvania State University Social Science
Research Institute, Neuromotion Laboratory,
and The North Club
2. The Big Questions
Does our stuff work?
Can we get sedentary
people successfully
into group fitness?
How can we do
better?
4. More than 62% of adults under 40 years of age are
not regularly physically active and 20% are not
active at all.
5.
6. Recommendations
The National Institutes of Health, Surgeon General,
American Heart Association, Center for Disease
Control, and American College of Sports Medicine have
ALL produced position stands for recommended
exercise.
7. 60 minutes 8-10 exercises 60 minutes
3-5 days per wk 2 days per wk 1 day per wk
8. The Research Question
Can Les Mills Group Fitness products satisfy these
recommendations and make significant changes to
people’s health??
14. The Tests: Psych Factors
Baseline: Demographics, Exercise Habits, Self
Efficacy, Confidence, Physical Activity Beliefs
Daily: Rate of Perceived Exertion, Interest in Class,
Motivation by Instructor, Group Dynamics
Weekly: Past Week Feelings, Future Week Plan
25. So what does that mean??
As a result of 30 weeks of
training we can estimate
that we have delayed the
onset of cardio vascular
disease by 3.6 years.
26. The Results: Compliance
98.8% Compliance!!!!
Average for this type of study
63 – 88%
20 of the 25 participants
NEVER missed a workout.
31. Flow – Optimal Performance
Csikszentmihalyi
High Anxiety
Challenge
W
O
L
F Boredom
Low
Low High
Skill
32. The Big Questions
Does our stuff work??
Can we get sedentary people successfully into
group fitness??
How can we do better??
33. Future Research
•A larger study including controls and diet.
•A cohort study looking at the long term effects
of a similar intervention.
•The effects of HIIT on the GFT group.