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Vestergren, Tommy. "Personliga tränares uppfattningar och erfarenheter av PT-utbildningar." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105023.
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Personliga tränare (PT) i Sverige är en yrkesgrupp som verkar på en oreglerad marknad där vem som helst kan kalla sig PT och erbjuda tjänsten personlig träning. Den här studien undersöker svenska PT, deras yrkesverksamhet, utbildning och erfarenheter och uppfattningar om sin egen utbildning. En enkät administrerades till individer som är utbildade och/eller yrkesverksamma PT. I resultatet framträder en mångfacetterad yrkesgrupp, beståendes av män och kvinnor i alla åldrar mellan 18-63 år, med varierande grader av arbetserfarenhet och sysselsättningsgrad arbetandes både som egenanställd och anställd. Resultatet antyder att yrkesverksamma PT är utbildade, både från formella högskoleutbildningar och informella PT-utbildningar. PT anser sig generellt nöjda med sina utbildningar, men önskar att högre krav ställs både på utbildare av PT och de PT som slutför utbildningarna. Särskilt lyfts önskemål från PT fram om en kursplan som i längre utsträckning behandlar de praktiska arbetsuppgifter som kommer med PT-yrkets krav på försäljning och hantering av kunder. Det finns en tro och upplevelse bland PT att om högre krav ställs på PT-utbildningar kan en högre standard av yrkesrollen uppnås och med det kan yrkesrollens förutsättningar förbättras.<br>Personal trainers (PT) in Sweden is a profession that operates in an unregulated market where anyone can call themselves PT and offer the service personal training. This study investigated Swedish PTs, their professional activities, education and experiences and perceptions of their own education. A questionnaire was administered to individuals who are educated and / or actively working as PTs. The result shows a multifaceted occupational group, consisting of men and women of all ages between 18-63 years, with varying degrees of work experience and employment rate with both self-employed and employed PTs. The results suggest that PTs are educated, both from formal university educations and informal PT educations. PTs consider themselves generally satisfied with their education but would like to see higher demands placed on both educators of PTs and the PTs who complete their educations. In particular, the PT education requests a syllabus that to a greater extent deals with the practical tasks that come with the PT profession's requirements for sales and handling of customers. There is a belief and perception among PTs that if higher requirements are placed on PT educations, a higher professional standard can be achieved, and with that, the working conditions of the profession can be improved.
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Spacov, Yuri Figueredo. "O personal trainer: uso de estratégias de marketing na atividade profissional." Universidade Nove de Julho, 2016. http://bibliotecatede.uninove.br/handle/tede/1534.
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Previous issue date: 2016-04-15<br>We live in a time in which services tend to be exclusive and personalized. This context favors the insertion of Personal Trainer in the daily lives of people who are looking for style healthier life, which increases the supply of this service in the market and makes the competitive landscape in terms capitation customers. Thus, it is essential that professionals in this area to use marketing techniques to not only show what they do, but to differentiate and attract more consumers interested in their services. This work aimed to analyze how the Personal Trainer uses the marketing dissemination and promotion of its activities, and to evaluate the degree of importance of marketing in the process, raise the marketing strategies used to promote their services and identify the academic education contributes to the use of marketing strategies. The study is qualitative, exploratory and used a semi-structured interview to 15 Personals Trainers who work in the city of São Paulo. Data were categorized with the help of software ATLAS.ti 6.2 through content analysis and the results generated suggest that the Personal Trainer uses communication as greater dissemination strategy and promotion of their services, and the mouth marketing to mouth, display and social networks - Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp - its main means to reach customers. Respondents understand the importance of marketing and management to manage his career, however 80% said that graduation did not offer enough content to work as a Personal Trainer.<br>Vivemos em um momento no qual os serviços tendem a ser exclusivos e personalizados. Esse contexto favorece a inserção do Personal Trainer no cotidiano das pessoas que estão em busca por estilos de vida mais saudáveis, o que aumenta a oferta desse serviço no mercado e torna o cenário mais competitivo em termos capitação de clientes. Dessa forma, é imprescindível que os profissionais dessa área se utilizem de técnicas de marketing para não só mostrar aquilo que fazem, mas para diferenciar e atrair mais consumidores interessados em seus serviços. Esta dissertação teve como principal objetivo analisar como o Personal Trainer utiliza o marketing na divulgação e promoção da sua atividade, além de avaliar o grau de importância do marketing nesse processo, levantar as estratégias de marketing utilizadas para a promoção dos seus serviços e identificar se a formação acadêmica contribui para utilização de estratégias de marketing. O estudo é qualitativo, exploratório e se utilizou de um roteiro semiestruturado para entrevistar 15 Personais Trainers que trabalham na cidade de São Paulo. Os dados coletados foram categorizados com o auxílio do software ATLAS.ti 6.2 por meio da análise de conteúdo e os resultados gerados levam a crer que o Personal Trainer utiliza a comunicação como maior estratégia de divulgação e promoção dos seus serviços, sendo o marketing boca a boca, indicação e redes sociais – Facebook, Instagram e Whatsapp – seus principais meios para chegar aos clientes. Os entrevistados compreendem a importância do marketing e da gestão para gerir sua carreira, no entanto 80% apontam que a graduação não ofereceu conteúdo suficiente para se trabalhar como Personal Trainer.
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Cantone, Diego. "My Personal Trainer: applicazione di e-learning per il fitness su piattaforma Android." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/10942/.
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L’obiettivo della tesi è quello di mettere in pratica e approfondire le conoscenze acquisite durante il percorso universitario, al fine di avvicinarsi a quello che sarà poi il mondo del lavoro. Questa motivazione e la voglia di realizzare qualcosa di concreto hanno portato alla scelta di sviluppare un’applicazione per sistemi mobile,
in questo modo è stato necessario affrontare le varie fasi di sviluppo di un software che comprendono in particolare la progettazione e l’implementazione. All'interno della tesi si darà uno sguardo al contesto in cui l’applicazione MyPersonalTrainer vuole andarsi ad inserire, si procederà con la descrizione della fase di progettazione che comprende l'analisi dei requisiti, poi si analizzerà la fase di implementazione e infine verranno effettuate delle considerazioni sui possibili sviluppi futuri.
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Kamping, Tyanne. "Enhancing Reflection and Deep Learning through ePortfolios: Analysis of Eight Ottawa-area Personal Trainers' Perceptions on ePortfolios in a Kinesiology Setting." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30399.
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In this research project, the potential of integrating ePortfolios into the reflection and assessment component between a personal trainer and client was examined. Research demonstrates that more effective learning occurs when reflection and engagement are integral components. The problem that this thesis aimed to answer was the importance of enhancing student engagement, in the classroom and beyond. New technology applications like ePortfolios allow for great student reflection and deep learning but are not universally applied. As such, this study explored the potential of integrating an e portfolio as a reflection technology to enhance engagement during learning. While ePortfolios are commonly found in an academic setting, professionals in healthcare have also used ePortfolios with their patients, clients or peers. Could ePortfolios be used by personal trainers, clients, coaches and athletes? If so, how? What would be the outcomes? The focus of this research project was to explore the potential of integrating ePortfolios into the reflection and assessment component between a personal trainer/client. Eight trainers throughout the Ottawa area were interviewed to gain an understanding of their perception on the ways in which trainers could enhance their client’s fitness journey through the use of an ePortfolio and if so, how would the ePortfolio would be used. The results of this research project provided insight as to whether or not reflective technology strategies such as ePportfolios would enhance the client’s fitness journey and if so, how would the ePortfolio be used. Ultimately, this thesis will inform our understanding of how ePortfolios can be transferred from an academic setting to foster deep learning in kinesiology settings.
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Wright, Adam. "THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF AN EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY WORKSHOP FOR PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS: A MIXED-METHODS APPROACH." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2015. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/329086.
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Kinesiology<br>Ph.D.<br>The field of personal fitness training is one of the fastest growing occupations in the United States. Historically, scholars, undergraduate institutions, and national certifying organizations that focused on the education of personal fitness trainers have given instructional priority to biological and exercise science content. However, more recent research has underscored the value of psychological and interpersonal skills in driving clients' health and fitness goal attainment. Consequently, the goal of the present study was to determine the impact of a five-hour exercise psychology experiential workshop on levels of perceived importance, confidence in knowledge, and content knowledge of key exercise psychology concepts and skills in a non-randomized sample of personal fitness trainers and students (n = 41). Through a sequential explanatory mixed methods research design, participants were assessed quantitatively pre-intervention and post-intervention. A qualitative follow-up assessment was conducted one-month post-intervention with a sub-set of participants (n = 17). The workshop produced significant improvements in self-reported measures of confidence in knowledge and perceptions of importance of key exercise psychology concepts and skills as well as content knowledge of the exercise psychology concepts covered in the workshop. Further quantitative analyses revealed that certain demographics, namely gender, age, and academic coursework had distinct associations with each of the outcome variables. Follow-up qualitative analyses suggested that participants rated the workshop highly and described their experience in predominately positive terms. Suggestions were provided on how to improve the workshop, particularly focusing on elements of its content and overall structure. Results from the current study highlight the need for increased exposure of personal fitness trainers to instruction in exercise psychology. Given the benefits of developing exercise psychology knowledge, skills, and abilities, the results of this research indicate that preparation for the personal fitness training profession can be enhanced through increased attention to exercise psychology. Limitations of the current study and future directions for outcome research and practice are discussed.<br>Temple University--Theses
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Sweet, Wendy Gaylene. "Personal Trainers: Motivating and Moderating Client Exercise Behaviour." The University of Waikato, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2271.
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First established in the 1990's, the personal training industry in New Zealand has experienced unprecedented growth. Over 80% of New Zealand health clubs market the services of Personal Trainers and there are now over 1500 registered Personal Trainers working in a range of settings. Their primary professional role is one whereby they promote and support individuals to attain desired 'results' in relation to their physical fitness and particularly, to adopt a more physically active lifestyle. But despite the growth of this industry, little is known about how Personal Trainers actually go about supporting the clients who purchase their service to find a way into, as well as stay committed to a physically activity lifestyle. To date there has been no research in New Zealand exploring how Personal Trainers operate as agents of behaviour change. Furthermore, there appears only anecdotal evidence about how the intervention strategies used by Personal Trainers reflect those recommended in the 'behaviour-change' literature. This thesis focused on the daily, working experiences of ten Personal Trainers. Inspired by the interpretive paradigm, in-depth interviews were conducted and analysis of the data, guided by the tenets of grounded theory, allowed the story about the way each participant went about her/his work to emerge. The study highlights a variety of issues that these Trainers recognise as significantly influencing their ability to succeed in an increasingly competitive and demanding business. Specific reference was also given to the behavioural intervention strategies that each participant believed were the most beneficial in nurturing client lifestyle behaviour-change. The study outcomes reveal that although the Trainers worked independently of each other there was considerable commonality in the approaches they had developed. All agreed on the importance of presenting themselves as confident, competent professionals who modelled healthy life-styles to their clients. Some of the strategies they used were similar in some regards to those described in the intervention literature, but others were not. A salient point made by all was that, despite some of their practices lying outside the professional boundaries defined by their professional registration organisation, the provision of services to clients often went beyond the 'physical'. Nutritional counselling especially had become an integral part of the service they provided for clients and was, in fact, an area which clients 'expected' them to be experts in. Each acknowledged the challenge of devising strategies to keep their clients committed, motivated and returning to them. The study highlighted two distinct phases of intervention as the Trainers used different motivational approaches to firstly, initiate change and then maintain their client's progress. As the clients began to see results all of the trainers agreed that their relationship with their long-term clients became more collegial. As time progressed, and in order to facilitate and foster client belief in the inherent value of physical activity 'for life', the Trainers became their client's Life Coach. The Personal Trainers in this study described a multitude of roles that each believed they needed to fulfil in order that they achieved on-going success as a Trainer. This emphasises the need for a more expansive education programme for Personal Trainers. Programmes which move beyond a traditional fitness discourse and better reflect the complexities of what it truly means to be a one-on-one 'Trainer'.
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Connelly, Jennifer. "The development and feasibility testing of a virtual health trainer in the promotion of physical activity in people with Type 2 diabetes living in remote and/or rural areas." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2015. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=230174.
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The purpose of this thesis was to aid in the development of a web-based physical activity intervention for people with type 2 diabetes living in remote and rural areas. Chapter 1 introduces the research area, the design of the thesis and the key research questions. The thesis is then made up of 5 key studies. Study one, a systematic review of the literature was conducted and reported in chapter 2. This review identified the technologies that have previously been used to promote physical activity in type 2 diabetes, it identified the methodological quality of each included technology and the key components for effective change. Web based technology was the most commonly used and the most effective in increasing physical activity using components such as goal setting and physical activity trackers. These results informed study 2 (chapter 3) which explored patient and health professional's views on diabetes, physical activity and use of the internet. The need for clear information was identified with regard to diabetes as well as the call for accurate physical activity advice in relation to diabetes for both patients and health professionals. Study 3 (chapter 4) explored key information and components for an effective website. Included features were the need for a personalised approach; detailed advice on how the body responds to physical activity; a physical activity tracker and goal setting. The need for a 'virtual trainer' for support, advice and help with goal setting and interactive maps showing physical activity opportunities were all deemed important. The fourth study, chapter 5 described the design of the website and its features as well as the protocol for a six month pilot randomised controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of the development website, with and without interactive design elements. The final study in this thesis (chapter 6), describes the physical activity, physiological and biochemical results from a randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of the website and its features. The final chapter summarises the findings in response to the research questions and the future recommendations based on the outcomes.
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Файзулін, Ю. Ю., Ольга Олександрівна Берест, Ольга Александровна Берест та Olha Oleksandrivna Berest. "Професійна діяльність фітнес-тренера". Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/48280.
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Ефективність професійної діяльності фітнес-тренера
залежить від володіння знаннями основ теорії і методики
фізичного виховання, фітнесу та оздоровчої фізичної культури,
широкої ерудиції і культури, умінь ясно бачити перспективу
видів рухової активності, наявністю особисто сформованого
здорового способу життя.
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Hall, Didrik, and Emil Holmgren. "Hur personliga tränare skapar förutsättningar för att hjälpa sina adepter att uppnå mental tuffhet : En kvalitativ studie på yrkesgruppen personliga tränare." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-28146.
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Fysisk aktivitet är en faktor för att uppnå en god hälsa för individen. Dock handlar inte allt om fysisk aktivitet, för att må bra och uppnå en god hälsa anses det vara gynnsamt att både kropp och psyke är i harmoni. Att öka sin mentala tuffhet genom mental färdighetsträning kan påverka människor positivt både inom den fysiska prestationen och i det vardagliga livet. Yrket som Personlig tränare (PT) handlar om välmående och att få människor att må bra i sin helhet. PT hjälper människor med den fysiska förmågan, denna studie avser att ta reda på hur PT arbetar med mental färdighetsträning. Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva om PT tillämpar mental färdighetsträning och hur de skapar förutsättningar för att hjälpa sina adepter att uppnå mental tuffhet. Metoden var utav kvalitativ ansats då en öppen enkät låg till grund för studien. Urvalet bestod utav 16 yrkessamma PT. I studien framkom det att de PT som deltagit i studien skapar förutsättningar att uppnå mental tuffhet till sina adepter, detta genom tillämpning av mental färdighetsträning. Deltagarna upplever att mental färdighetsträning har positiva effekter på sina adepter, genom att adepterna upplever kontakt i sina muskler, reducerad stressnivå, ökad motivation och ökad självkänsla.<br>Physical activity is a factor to achieve good health. Although to achieve good health it is considered favorable to achieve harmony between mind and body. Mental skills training can improve performance in physical training as well as the daily life. Mental skills training is a tool to increase mental toughness. Personal training (PT) as a profession is about helping people feel good as a whole. PT usually help people with different kinds of physical activity, but it’s also interesting to look at how they work with mental skills training. The purpose of this study was to describe how PT apply mental skills training and how they provide conditions for their adepts to achieve mental toughness. The method used in this study was of a qualitative approach. An open questionnaire was the basis of the study which consisted of 16 participants. The study found that the PT are trying to provide the conditions for their adept at achieving mental toughness through mental skills training. The participants experience that mental skills training has a positive effect on their adepts, since the adepts experience contact in their muscles, reduced stress levels, increased motivation and increased their self-esteem.
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Englund, Vannella L. "A needs assessment of the University of Wisconsin-Stout group fitness members related [to] the group fitness program." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2006/2006englundv.pdf.
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Melson, Treina. "A study of muscular development and muscular strength in the highly trained female bodybuilder and the non-strength trained female." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935647/.
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The extent of muscular strength and muscular size in 20 female bodybuilders and 20 non-strength trained females was studied. Body composition and segment volumes and related anthropometric measurements data were obtained along with chest press and knee extension One Repetition Maximum (IRM) and 25 Repitition Maximum (25RM) values. No group differences were present in age, height, weight and segment volumes. The bodybuilders had a lower percent body fat, greater lean body weight (LBW) and larger muscles compared to the non-strength trained females.
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Haffor, Al-Said A. "Carbon dioxide storage capacity of endurance and sprint-trained athletes in exercise /." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487259125221279.
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Grosz, Rachael Lorraine. "EFFECTS OF EXERCISE AND MENTAL FATIGUE ON RESPONSE INHIBITION IN EXERCISE-TRAINED VERSUS SEDENTARY COLLEGE STUDENTS." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53737.
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The purpose of this study was to determine if fitness levels of individuals affect cognitive function. This study seeks to show how response inhibition and accuracy are affected following a mentally fatiguing task. Response inhibition refers to the suppression of actions that are inappropriate and that interfere with goal driven behavior. Response inhibition in reference to the continuous performance task (CPT) is measured in false clicks. The tasks for the CPT were completed after either a controlled period of rest or moderate-intensity exercise. Subjects were either Georgia Tech Division I track athletes or students leading a sedentary lifestyle. All subjects participated in two test protocols. Athletic subjects completed the resting protocol first, while sedentary subjects completed the exercise protocol first.
Subjects reported to the lab following an overnight fast. They completed an initial set of paper work and signed a consent form, filled out a 24 hour history form and completed a Profile of Moods States (POMS) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) form. Subjects then took a 20-minute (CPT). The CPT is a neuropsychological test that measures an individual’s sustained and selective attention. The length of the test is 20 minutes in order to induce mental fatigue. The goal of the test is to click in a white box when the letter T is seen. Immediately after subjects filled out a secondary set of paperwork. Once paper work was complete subjects either rested or exercised for 35 minutes. If subject was classified as an athlete, trial 1 was rest, while trial 2 was exercise. If subject was classified as a sedentary student, trial 1 was exercise, and trial 2 was rest. After the subject completed either the cycling or resting portion they repeated the CPT for five minutes.
It was hypothesized that that the effects of moderate exercise positively affect the subject’s performance on the CPT. I expect false clicks following the 5 minute CPT to be lower after exercising. I hypothesize that for both groups their accuracy should be higher after moderate cycling and that higher fitness level should decrease the level of mental fatigue experienced throughout the CPT.
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Ifrén, Anette. "Is anaerobic performance influenced by music in moderately trained individuals?" Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-42271.
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Hansson, Björn. "Effects of upper body concurrent training in trained individuals: a review." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-67276.
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Concurrent training (CT) is defined as the development of both endurance and strength within the same exercise program. CT has been studied for decades, but the results has been diverse. However, very few have studied the effects of CT on the upper body musculature. Hence, this review set out to investigate the effects of combined strength and endurance training (ET) of the upper body on muscle hypertrophy, muscle strength and endurance variables. PubMed was searched with relevant search terms with varying combinations, such as concurrent training, combined strength and endurance training. After scanning the literature, a total of eight articles were included. The results suggest that muscle strength, exercise economy and time to exhaustion can effectively be improved by CT of the upper body. The effect of CT on upper body musculature were unclear. Some of the articles included suggests a decrease in whole body lean mass, which might simply be due to insufficient loading of the lower body musculature. In order to maintain muscle mass during a CT protocol, endurance athletes should aim to perform ST which targets muscles active during ET. However, the limited empiric literature available on CT of the upper body makes a conclusion hard to draw. This review shows that CT of the upper body is yet an unexplored and researchers should further investigate the effects of CT for the musculature of the upper body alone. If we gain more knowledge of the effects from concurrent training of the upper body, it could have several implications, both clinically and in a sport setting.
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Sinclair, Lisa M. "Effect of iron supplementation on endurance performance in iron deficient trained males and females /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1422965.
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Khan, Reem. "An investigation of relationship between Professional fitness trainers and usage of social platforms; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-419987.
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This study aims to investigate how professional fitness trainers use four different social platforms; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube professionally and what type of content they create. It also explores the specific aspects of each social platform in terms of features or general perception that affect how professional fitness trainers experience them and use them in their professional practice. The qualitative study revealed that professional fitness trainers use all social platforms professionally; to build and sustain their social media community, to educate themselves with fitness knowledge, to make social connections and to advertise themselves as expert fitness trainers. The qualitative study also revealed the unique features of each social platform and how professional fitness trainers engage with same activities differently from one platform to another. The findings support the use of social platforms for fitness purpose professionally and can also inform the design of technology that uses social media to help people stay fit and share fitness information.
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Baker, Edward R. "Effects of the perception of fitness on the acquisition of basic interviewing skills among helper trainees." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=70350.
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The effect of the perception of fitness on the acquisition of several basic interviewing skills was explored. Furthermore, the relationship between perceived and actual fitness was investigated, as well as the relationship between actual fitness and basic interviewing skills. The interviewing skills were eye contact, talk time, verbal following (topic change) and focus of subject verbalization.<br>The study consists of two parts. The first part explored the viability of altering an individual's perception of personal physical fitness. Fifty-four subjects were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control condition. Experimental subjects received positive feedback related to their physical fitness during a bicycle ergometer test of actual fitness. Control subjects received only neutral feedback. Results indicated that positive feedback worked to successfully alter perception of fitness among experimental subjects.<br>The second part of the study explored the effect of fitness perception on interviewing skill acquisition. Results indicated that increasing an individual's perception of personal fitness did not enhance skill acquisition. There was also no significant difference in skill acquisition among subjects with higher and lower levels of perceived fitness. It was further determined that no significant relationship existed between actual fitness and the acquisition of basic interviewing skills used in the study. Additionally, it was determined that although a significant relationship between perceived and actual fitness was evident for female subjects in the study, this relationship did not hold true for male subjects.
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Privé, Marc. "Proposition d'un cadre de référence propice au développement d'instruments de mesure de la performance pour les intervenants en centre de conditionnement physique /." Thèse, Chicoutimi : Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1992. http://theses.uqac.ca.
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Williamson, Jon W. "Exercise Capacity Following Four Hours of Head-Down Rest in Endurance-Exercise-Trained and Untrained Subjects." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504298/.
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Peak oxygen uptake (VO2PEAK) in endurance exercise trained (ET =8) subjects (VO2PEAK = 61.7 1.6 ml 02.kg.min-1) was compared to the V02 PEAK of untrained (UT = 8) subjects (V02 PEAK = 38.4 1.7 ml 02 -kg.min1) after four hours of -6* head-down rest (HDR).Although both groups showed a reduction in blood volume (BV) following HDR, this decrement was greater for ET subjects (delta BV = -3.23 0.46 mi/kg; P <0.05). The ET subjects had a greater decrease in VO2=(delta 02E -5.58 1.05 ml 02-kg.min-1; P <0.05) than their UT peers (VO2PEAK = -2.44 0.79 ml02-kg.min-1). These data suggest that the greater reductions in VO2PE, observed for the ET group were associated with a greater BV loss resulting from 4 h of HDR prior to exercise.
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Chen, Jia-Jen. "Cardiovascular and Hormonal Responses to Orthostasis Following Four Hours of Head-Down Rest in Endurance-Exercise-Trained and Untrained Subjects." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500236/.
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Cardiovascular and hormonal responses to +700 head-up tilt (HUT: orthostatic challenge) were compared between six endurance exercise trained (ET) and six untrained (UT) subjects prior to and immediately following 4 hours of -60 head-down rest (HDR). The ET subjects showed a significant (P < 0.05) decrease in orthostatic tolerance time (pre syncopal symptoms) during post-HDR HUT, while no difference was observed between ET and UT groups in pre-HDR HUT. The volume regulatory hormonal responses were similar between ET and UT groups whether during HUT or HDR. The pre-syncopal subjects had a greater increase in plasma arginine vasopressin and less increase in plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone during HUT than was observed in non syncopal subjects. These data suggest that HDR deconditioning was more effective in the ET subjects.
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Mota, Filho Francisco Osvaldo Mendes. "Aplicação de modelos de estimação de fitness em algoritmos geneticos." [s.n.], 2005. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/261755.
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Previous issue date: 2005<br>Resumo: Para obter uma solução satisfatória, algoritmos genéticos avaliam, em geral, um número grande de indivíduos durante o processo evolutivo. É comum, em aplicações práticas, encontrar funções de avaliação computacionalmente complexas e caras. Porém, nesses casos, o tempo é um fator determinante no desempenho de algoritmos genéticos. Dessa forma, os algoritmos genéticos devem encontrar soluções adequadas em curto intervalo de tempo. Uma alternativa promissora para contornar os custos computacionais referentes à função de avaliação considera o fato de que pode ser mais atrativo avaliar diretamente somente indivíduos selecionados e estimar os fitness dos restantes do que avaliar diretamente toda a população. Este trabalho propõe o uso de modelos de estimação de fitness em algoritmos genéticos. Especificamente, são sugeridos modelos de estimação baseados em agrupamento nebuloso supervisionado (Fuzzy C-Means) e não supervisionado (Aprendizagem Participativa). O objetivo é aproximar as funções de avaliação por meio de modelos de estimação de fitness, sem afetar significativamente a qualidade das soluções. Inicialmente, os modelos de estimação propostos são comparados e analisados experimentalmente com alternativas sugeri das por outros autores, utilizando, para isso, problemas de otimização considerados na literatura de algoritmos genéticos. A seguir, os modelos de estimação de fitness são aplicados em um problema real de engenharia, o planejamento de circulação de trens em ferrovias. Este é um caso típico onde o desempenho de cada planejamento exige um tempo significativo. A eficiência dos modelos propostos é verificada e comprovada experimentalmente comparando com os resultados, em instâncias mais simples, fornecidos por modelos de programação matemática e, em instâncias complexas, fornecidos pelo algoritmo genético clássico<br>Abstract: Genetic algorithms usually need a large number of fitness evaluations before a satisfying result can be obtained. In many real-world applications, fitness evaluation may be computationally complex and costly. In these cases, time is an essential subject in performance analysis of genetic algorithms. Therefore, genetic algorithms should provide good solutions in a short period of time. A promising approach to alleviate the computational cost of evaluations considers the fact that sometimes it is better to evaluate only selected individuals and estimate the fitness of the remaining individuals instead of evaluate a whole population. This work suggests the application of fitness estimation models in genetic algorithms. More specifically, it deals with estimation models based on supervised fuzzy clustering (Fuzzy C-Means) and unsupervised fuzzy clustering (Participatory Learning). The goal is to approximate the evaluation
functions through the use of fitness estimation models, without significantly affect the quality of solutions. Initially, the fitness estimation models are compared and analyzed experimentally with other models already proposed in the literature. Their performance are evaluated using benchmark optimization problems found in the genetic algorithms literature. Next, the fitness estimation models are used to solve a real-world engineering problem, namely the train scheduling in a freight rail line. This is a typical case where the performance measure of each schedule demands a considerable amount of time. Once again, the performance of the fitness estimation models are evaluated experimentally, comparing their results with the results provided, for simple instances, by linear programming models and, for complex instances, by the classic genetic algorithm<br>Mestrado<br>Engenharia de Computação<br>Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica
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Quelhas, Álvaro de Azevedo [UNESP]. "Trabalhadores de Educação Física no segmento fitness: um estudo da precarização do trabalho no Rio de Janeiro." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/101020.
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quelhas_aa_dr_mar.pdf: 1196635 bytes, checksum: 03f74e8b7e81ead5fac03fb9312ea6f2 (MD5)<br>O objetivo deste estudo foi de analisar a precarização do trabalho no setor de serviços, com centralidade nos trabalhadores da educação física inseridos no mercado do fitness, enquanto uma manifestação histórica da relação capital-trabalho no contexto da reestruturação produtiva. Primeiramente, buscamos traçar um quadro da chamada indústria do fitness no Brasil (1990-2010), destacando aspetos particulares de sua conformação na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Por meio de uma trajetória histórica, realizamos uma síntese da evolução do campo das práticas corporais no Brasil, com foco na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, destacando a crescente mercantilização destas práticas na atualidade. Tratava-se de reconhecer o processo de empresariamento das academias, que tem no chamado “culto ao corpo” um de seus sustentáculos. Em seguida, tomamos o trabalho e a reestruturação produtiva como questões centrais para analisar a evolução e expansão da indústria do fitness na cidade do Rio de Janeiro (1990-2010). Analisamos as orientações e iniciativas da burguesia do fitness na gestão da força de trabalho e a relação capital-trabalho na indústria do fitness na cidade do Rio de Janeiro presente em convenções coletivas de trabalho do segmento. Por último, realizamos uma pesquisa com trabalhadores do fitness que mantém relação de trabalho com empresas de grande representatividade no segmento, como forma de caracterizar os elementos de precarização que enunciamos nos capítulos anteriores. Utilizamos como fonte de dados os estudos e pesquisas que abordam a problemática investigada, convenções coletivas de trabalho relativas ao período 2006 a 2012, edições da Revista ACAD e da Revista Fitness Business, entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizadas com trabalhadores de educação física inseridos como empregados...<br>O objetivo deste estudo foi de analisar a precarização do trabalho no setor de serviços, com centralidade nos trabalhadores da educação física inseridos no mercado do fitness, enquanto uma manifestação histórica da relação capital-trabalho no contexto da reestruturação produtiva. Primeiramente, buscamos traçar um quadro da chamada indústria do fitness no Brasil (1990-2010), destacando aspetos particulares de sua conformação na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Por meio de uma trajetória histórica, realizamos uma síntese da evolução do campo das práticas corporais no Brasil, com foco na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, destacando a crescente mercantilização destas práticas na atualidade. Tratava-se de reconhecer o processo de empresariamento das academias, que tem no chamado “culto ao corpo” um de seus sustentáculos. Em seguida, tomamos o trabalho e a reestruturação produtiva como questões centrais para analisar a evolução e expansão da indústria do fitness na cidade do Rio de Janeiro (1990-2010). Analisamos as orientações e iniciativas da burguesia do fitness na gestão da força de trabalho e a relação capital-trabalho na indústria do fitness na cidade do Rio de Janeiro presente em convenções coletivas de trabalho do segmento. Por último, realizamos uma pesquisa com trabalhadores do fitness que mantém relação de trabalho com empresas de grande representatividade no segmento, como forma de caracterizar os elementos de precarização que enunciamos nos capítulos anteriores. Utilizamos como fonte de dados os estudos e pesquisas que abordam a problemática investigada, convenções coletivas de trabalho relativas ao período 2006 a 2012, edições da Revista ACAD e da Revista Fitness Business, entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizadas com trabalhadores de educação física inseridos como empregados... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Quelhas, Álvaro de Azevedo. "Trabalhadores de Educação Física no segmento fitness : um estudo da precarização do trabalho no Rio de Janeiro /." Marília : [s.n.], 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/101020.
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Orientador: Giovanni Pinto Alves<br>Banca: Francisco Luiz Corsi<br>Banca: Marcos Tadeu Del Roio<br>Banca: Hajime Takeuchi Nozaki<br>Banca: Rosângela Nair de Carvalho Barbosa<br>Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi de analisar a precarização do trabalho no setor de serviços, com centralidade nos trabalhadores da educação física inseridos no mercado do fitness, enquanto uma manifestação histórica da relação capital-trabalho no contexto da reestruturação produtiva. Primeiramente, buscamos traçar um quadro da chamada indústria do fitness no Brasil (1990-2010), destacando aspetos particulares de sua conformação na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Por meio de uma trajetória histórica, realizamos uma síntese da evolução do campo das práticas corporais no Brasil, com foco na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, destacando a crescente mercantilização destas práticas na atualidade. Tratava-se de reconhecer o processo de empresariamento das academias, que tem no chamado "culto ao corpo" um de seus sustentáculos. Em seguida, tomamos o trabalho e a reestruturação produtiva como questões centrais para analisar a evolução e expansão da indústria do fitness na cidade do Rio de Janeiro (1990-2010). Analisamos as orientações e iniciativas da burguesia do fitness na gestão da força de trabalho e a relação capital-trabalho na indústria do fitness na cidade do Rio de Janeiro presente em convenções coletivas de trabalho do segmento. Por último, realizamos uma pesquisa com trabalhadores do fitness que mantém relação de trabalho com empresas de grande representatividade no segmento, como forma de caracterizar os elementos de precarização que enunciamos nos capítulos anteriores. Utilizamos como fonte de dados os estudos e pesquisas que abordam a problemática investigada, convenções coletivas de trabalho relativas ao período 2006 a 2012, edições da Revista ACAD e da Revista Fitness Business, entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizadas com trabalhadores de educação física inseridos como empregados... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)<br>Abstract: O objetivo deste estudo foi de analisar a precarização do trabalho no setor de serviços, com centralidade nos trabalhadores da educação física inseridos no mercado do fitness, enquanto uma manifestação histórica da relação capital-trabalho no contexto da reestruturação produtiva. Primeiramente, buscamos traçar um quadro da chamada indústria do fitness no Brasil (1990-2010), destacando aspetos particulares de sua conformação na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Por meio de uma trajetória histórica, realizamos uma síntese da evolução do campo das práticas corporais no Brasil, com foco na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, destacando a crescente mercantilização destas práticas na atualidade. Tratava-se de reconhecer o processo de empresariamento das academias, que tem no chamado "culto ao corpo" um de seus sustentáculos. Em seguida, tomamos o trabalho e a reestruturação produtiva como questões centrais para analisar a evolução e expansão da indústria do fitness na cidade do Rio de Janeiro (1990-2010). Analisamos as orientações e iniciativas da burguesia do fitness na gestão da força de trabalho e a relação capital-trabalho na indústria do fitness na cidade do Rio de Janeiro presente em convenções coletivas de trabalho do segmento. Por último, realizamos uma pesquisa com trabalhadores do fitness que mantém relação de trabalho com empresas de grande representatividade no segmento, como forma de caracterizar os elementos de precarização que enunciamos nos capítulos anteriores. Utilizamos como fonte de dados os estudos e pesquisas que abordam a problemática investigada, convenções coletivas de trabalho relativas ao período 2006 a 2012, edições da Revista ACAD e da Revista Fitness Business, entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizadas com trabalhadores de educação física inseridos como empregados... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)<br>Doutor
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Offerman, Jens. "Can internal and external load measures via Polar Vantage V predict training status in trained individuals? : - A prospective study during a normal and a heavy load training week." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Avdelningen för idrottsmedicin, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-163225.
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Purpose To evaluate the information provided by Polar Vantage V, a new generation of heart rate monitor/watch (HRM-watch) to the user, regarding the acute:chronic load ratio (ACLR), based onthe external and internal load measures and examine the measures against psychological and physiological measures before and during a threshold test with VO2max testing. Method A five-week prospective study with results and data collected during and after four normal training weeks and during a fifth week with a very high training load. The results from HRM-watchwere then evaluated against the results from physiological and psychological tests. Eight endurance runners were recruited. Results Differences in ACLR against the differences in HRR show a R2 value of 0.77 (p<0.05). ACLR signicantly increased with an average of 0.33 from 0.93 to 1.26 (p=0.003, 95 % CI= 0.17 {0.49). Differences in ACLR against dierences in total mood disturbance (TMD) from POMS showin regression analyses a R2value of 0.67 (p=0.05). No significant difference was noted in neither resting HRV (p=0.3, 95% CI= -22.2 { 8.5) or standing HRV (p=0.15, 95% CI= - 4.15 { 20.8). Conclusion Based on the result of the present study it can be concluded that training status, well-being and present mood state can be predicted fairly good with the information from the internal and external load measurements from the Polar Vantage V. However, the power of present exploratory study was low due to a low number of included participants. Future research with greater number of participants and an improved study design is needed to verify these interesting findings.
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Ross, Olivia, and Ellenor Norgren. "Är arbetsmiljön lika “flashig” som titeln personlig tränare? : En studie om personliga tränare och deras psykosociala arbetsmiljö." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-28145.
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Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur personliga tränare upplever sin psykosociala arbetsmiljö. Vidare används KASAM-teorin för att se vilka faktorer som bidrar till, respektive hindrar en god psykosocial arbetsmiljö. Metoden som användes var enkät med uppföljande intervju. Enkäten innehöll 18 frågor med stängda svarsalternativ. Enkäterna mailades ut till personliga tränare som nått myndig ålder, bosatta i Sverige och hade en anställning på en friskvårdsanläggning. I mailet fick även deltagarna förfrågan om deltagande i den uppföljande intervjun. Utifrån resultatet från enkäten skapades intervjufrågorna. Tre intervjuer gjordes. Resultatet av enkäterna sammanställdes i figurer och analyserades utifrån KASAM-teorin, även intervjuerna analyserades utifrån samma teori. Det framkom i resultatet att deltagarna upplever information och kommunikation mellan dem och chef, organisation och ledning som en bristfällig faktor i arbetsmiljön. Slutsatsen av denna studie har visat att personliga tränare upplever sin psykosociala arbetsmiljö på olika sätt. Det finns olika faktorer som har utvecklingspotential enligt KASAM-teorins tre begrepp. Dock anser majoriteten av deltagarna att de är motiverade och engagerade i sitt arbete vilket är en viktig del för att uppleva begriplighet, hanterbarhet och meningsfullhet.<br>The purpose of this study is to examine how personal trainers are experiencing their psychosocial work environment. Using the KASAM-theory we identify which factors contribute to the psychosocial work environment, and which factors that doesn’t. The methodology used in this study is a survey with a follow up interview. The survey contained 18 questions with closed answer options. The participants of the survey were personal trainers with the age of 18 years or above, residing in Sweden and with an employment in a wellness center. The survey was sent out by e-mail where participants also received a request to participate in an interview. Based on the results of the survey, the interview questions were created and three interviews were made. The results from the survey were compiled in figures and analyzed by the KASAM-theory. The interviews were also analyzed using the same theory. The results show that participants experience information and communication between them and manager, organization and management as a defective factor in the work environment. The conclusion of this study is that personal trainers experience their psychosocial work environment as very varied. There are different factors that have potential for development according to the KASAM-theory. The majority of participants state that they are motivated and committed to their work, which is an important part of experiencing comprehensiveness, manageability and meaningfulness.
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Houžvička, Ondřej. "Podnikatelský záměr - víceúčelová tělocvična." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-193271.
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The diploma thesis researches a business plan of a multi-purpose gym. On the market there is an unsatisfied demand for an effective and affordable fitness training under supervision of experienced trainers. The business plan of a multi-purpose gym should partialy satisfy this demand. The business plan is also expected to be attractive from a investment standpoint.
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Engdahl, Alexander. "Icke-steroida anti-inflammatoriska läkemedels inverkan på skelettmuskulaturen i samband med styrketräning." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-95192.
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Bakgrund: För att bibehålla ett liv med en hög livskvalité är det viktigt att ha en tillräcklig muskelstyrka för att klara av vardagen och minska skador. Styrketräning kan utveckla skelettmuskulaturen och anses vara ett populärt träningssätt. Användningen av icke-steroida antiinflammatoriska läkemedel (NSAID) har ökat inom idrotten. Forskningsläget var sparsamt bland den yngre befolkningen, men mer forskning fanns inom området på den äldre befolkningen. Dock saknades forskning kring påverkan av olika doser under en längre användningsperiod. Syfte: Litteraturöversiktens syfte var att granska användandet av preparaten (NSAID) och tydliggöra vilken effekt dessa hade på styrkeutveckling, skelettmuskeltillväxt och signaler i skelettmuskulaturen i samband med styrketräning. Metod: Den systematiska litteraturöversikten skapades med publikationer från databaserna Pubmed och SPORT Discus där 86 studier identifierades. För att kunna besvara frågeställningen resulterade det i nio studier totalt. De valda studiernas validitet bedömdes och samtliga var av god kvalité. Resultat: Äldre runt 65 år undersöktes i fem av nio studier då alla förutom en inte påvisade någon skillnad i skelettmuskulaturen medan en påvisade en signifikant positiv effekt i muskelmassa vid intag av icke-steroida antiinflammatoriska läkemedel i jämförelse med placebo. De resterande fyra studierna var gjorda på yngre individer runt 25 år och spretade åt olika håll. Där de visade på att ingen skillnad fanns i att det blev en minskad styrkeutveckling och skelettmuskeltillväxt och att det hämmar signaler men att individerna även orkar utföra ett större arbete med läkemedlen. Slutsats: För yngre individer visade preparaten ha en hämmande effekt på muskeltillväxten men för äldre individer verkade inte muskeltillväxten påverkas.<br>Background: To maintain a life with a high quality of life, it is important to have sufficient muscle strength to cope with everyday life and reduce injuries. Strength training can develop skeletal muscle and is considered a popular exercise method. The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has increased in sports. The research situation was sparse among the younger population, but more research was found in the field of the older population. However, there was no research on the effect of different doses over a longer period of use. Purpose: The purpose of the literature review was to examine the use of the preparations (NSAIDs) and to clarify their effect on strength development, skeletal muscle growth and signals in the skeletal muscle in connection with strength training. Method: The systematic literature review was created with publications from the Pubmed and SPORT Discus databases, where 86 studies were identified. In order to answer the question, it resulted in nine studies in total. The validity of the selected studies was assessed, and all were of good quality. Results: Elderly people around the age of 65 were examined in five of nine studies, all except one showing no difference in skeletal muscle, while one showed a significant positive effect in muscle mass when taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs compared to placebo. The remaining four studies were done on younger individuals around 25 years of age and spread in different directions. Where they showed that there was no difference in the fact that there was a decrease in strength development and skeletal muscle growth and that it inhibited signals but that the individuals also can do a greater work on the drugs. Conclusion: For younger individuals, the preparations were shown to have an inhibitory effect on muscle growth, but for older individuals, muscle growth did not appear to be affected.
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Bringsén-Bornegrim, Mimmi. "Standing long jump compared to vertical jump as a field test for assessing leg power in firefighter trainees : A correlation study from a gender equality perspective." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-44599.
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Background: Within the rescue service, a varied background is needed to increase the possibility of delivering equal service to the citizens. At present, there is a skewed gender distribution within the municipal rescue services, with only a couple of percent of the firefighters being women. Many women find it difficult to meet the physical limit values on recruitment tests. The standing long jump (SLJ) is used as a part of recruitment tests on many rescue services, to assess leg power. It is not clear though whether SLJ is the most appropriate field-test to assess leg power in firefighter trainees, with men and women mixed in the same group, as it has been argued that anthropometric factors, such as body height (BH), affects the result. Thereby we wanted to study the relationship between BH and SLJ, and compere SLJ with another field-test for measuring leg power, one that omits the variable BH. Aim: The aim was to study the strength of the relationship between body height and the jump length at standing long jump, for firefighter trainees. A second aim was to study the strength of the relationship between firefighter trainees' jump results of the two tests: standing long jump and vertical jump. Methods: The study was executed as an observational cross-sectional study. Three different measurements were carried out: BH, vertical jump (VJ) and SLJ. Correlation analyzes, with Pearson's correlation coefficient, were performed on BH in relation to SLJ, and VJ in relation to SLJ. Results: Fourteen (n = 14) firefighter trainees (women n = 5, men n = 9) met the inclusion criteria and participated in the study. Subjects' age, body mass index (BMI) and number of workouts per week were 29 ± 7 years old, 25 ± 2 kg/m2 and 4 ± 1 workouts (at least 30 minutes) per week. Results showed a significant moderate correlation between BH and SLJ (r = 0.572). Between the variables VJ and SLJ there were a significant strong correlation (r = 0.862). However, the results changed substantially when the analyzes were performed separately for men and women, with a very low correlation level (r = 0.106 respective r = 0.166) between BH and SLJ. For VJ and SLJ there were a moderate correlation level for men and low for women (r = 0.414 respective r = 0.387). Conclusion: The result from this study is in line with aforementioned work and supports the hypothesis that BH to some extent can affect the jump result at SLJ. Our study complements earlier work and indicates that these results are also applicable to firefighter trainees. The findings in this study indicates VJ could possibly be an alternative field test for SLJ, to assess leg power when recruiting new firefighters. Additional studies are required to investigate the correlation between SLJ and VJ with ad- ditional confounders, such as actual leg power, and also the correlation between VJ and fire- fighters heaviest among most common work tasks.
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Manselin, Tom, and Olof Södergård. "Six weeks of high intensity interval training with hyperoxia or normoxia in trained cyclists : A polarized and periodized training approach." Thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-4262.
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Aim The main aim of this study was to investigate the longitudinal effects on cycling performance using a polarized and periodized scheme that was highly supervised and controlled. The second aim was to investigate the effect of using Hyperoxia. The questions used to address the aim were: (1) How does overall performance change after a six-week training intervention? (2) What is the time-course and pattern of performance changes to the training scheme? (3) How does the performance change within the groups? Method Nineteen male and female cyclists started the study (13 male and 6 female), however only 12 completed it (8 male and 4 female). The characteristics for the 12 subjects were: age (year) 33.6 ± 6.8, height (cm) 177 ± 9.1, body mass (kg) 73.4 ± 8.8. Using a randomized, double blind design, the test subjects were divided in to hyperoxia (HOT) (n = 6) and normoxia (NOT) (n = 6) training groups. Over a six week period the subjects followed a controlled polarized periodization that included 15 high intensity interval training (HIIT) sessions (3 x 8 min, 3 x 8 + 4 min, 4 x 8 min & 4 x 4 min) on maximal sustainable intensity (isoeffort) on a cycle ergometer. The dosage of oxygen was administered intermittently by the oxelerate device. A 20 min all out test was performed as pre- and post test. Results The whole group (n = 12) increased mean power output (W) by 6.4 % (P = 0.002). The relative power output (W/kg) increased significantly 8.2 % (P = 0.0011). The HOT group (n = 6) increased their power output by 8.3 % (P = 0.028) and their relative power output increased by 9.4 % (P=0.011). The whole group (P = 12) significantly increased their VO2mean by 4.1 % (P = 0.03) and in the relative value by 5.4 % (P = 0.01) on the 20 min all out test. The whole group also had a significant increase in VO2peak of 3.7 % (P = 0.04). A very strong correlation could be found between the training data and the performance test. Conclusions The training intervention was favourable for increasing performance and VO2peak in cycling. Usage of hyperoxia during the training intervention increases the performance.<br>Syfte och frågeställningar Huvudsyftet med denna studie var att undersöka de longitudinella effekter på prestation i cykling med hjälp av ett polariserat och periodiserat träningsupplägg som var väl övervakat och kontrollerat. Det andra syftet var att undersöka effekten av att använda hyperoxi. De frågeställningar som hjälpte att besvara syftet var: (1) Hur förändras prestationen efter en sex veckors träningsintervention? (2) Hur anpassar sig försökspersonerna till träningsschemat över tid? (3) Hur förändras prestationen inom grupperna? Metod 19 manliga och kvinnliga cyklister deltog i studien (13 manliga och 6 kvinnliga), 12 fullföljde hela studien (8 manliga och 4 kvinnliga). Karaktäristiken för de 12 försökspersonerna var: ålder (år) 33.6 ± 6.8, längd (cm) 177 ± 9.1, vikt (kg) 73.4 ± 8.8. Försökspersonerna delades in i hyperoxi (HOT) (n = 6) och normoxi (NOT) (n = 6), studien var dubbelblind. Under sex veckor följde försökspersonerna en kontrollerad polariserad periodisering som inkluderade 15 högintensiva intervallträningspass (HIIT) (3 x 8 min, 3 x 8 + 4 min, 4 x 8 min & 4 x 4 min) på högsta genomförbara intensitet (isoeffort) på cykelergometer. Doseringen av syre administrerades intermittent genom Oxelerate-enheten. Ett 20 min all-out test utfördes som för- och eftertest. Resultat Hela gruppen (n = 12) ökade signifikant på prestationstestet (W) med 6.4 % (P = 0.002). Den relativa effekten (W/kg) ökade signifikant med 8.2% (P = 0.0011). HOT (n = 6) ökade signifikant på prestationstestet med 8.3% (P = 0.028) och den relativa effekten ökade med 9.4% (P = 0.011). Hela gruppen (n = 12) ökade signifikant i VO2medel under prestationstestet med 4.1 % (P = 0.03) och i det relativa värdet med 5.4 % (P = 0.01). Hela gruppen hade också en signifikant ökning av VO2peak med 3.7 % (P = 0.04). En mycket stark korrelation hittades mellan träningspassdata och prestationstestet. Slutsats Träningsupplägget är gynnsamt för ökning av prestation och VO2peak i cykling. Användning av hyperoxi under träningsupplägget ökar prestationen.
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Akerson, Michael. "Investigating Personal Fitness Trainers' Qualifications." Doctoral diss., 2014. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6047.
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A threefold approach was utilized to analyze the problem of defining personal fitness trainers' qualifications. First, the problem was explored nationally, internationally and locally. Within the local context, the history of the exercise science program, stakeholders and culture at the University of Central Florida and in the central Florida marketplace was examined. Next, a systematic literature review examined possible causes within the knowledge context, learning/motivational context and organizational/cultural context. Then, an original research study investigated the qualifications for Central Florida, Personal Fitness Trainers (PFTs) by examining the relationship(s) and/or differences between variables such as education, certification, years of experience and income as well as attitudes, opinions and beliefs (AOBs) regarding those variables. An online questionnaire was emailed to 196 PFTs in the central Florida area and utilized to assess qualifications as they relate to income. The 48 PFT participants were compared based on education (ED), certification (CE), and experience (EX) and their effect on income. There were no statistically significant differences in 2012 income based on (ED) level, F(4,26) = 2.283, p=.086. The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) were the preferred (CE) companies (ranked 1st or 2nd, 65% and 45% of the time respectively). From the 48 PFTs that answered the survey, 54% of PFTs agreed (A) or strongly agreed (SA) that a degree should be required in order to practice, 73% (A) or (SA) that (CE) is helpful in gaining employment, and 66% (A) or (SA) that a national board exam or license should be required to practice. The least number of (ED) courses was taken in biomechanics and business marketing. In conclusion, PFT level of education and certification type does not significantly affect income given the current system. PFTs agree that more stringent guidelines are needed to limit entrance into the profession to those who are more qualified. The author presents a new model for undergraduate curriculum and instruction requiring hands on coursework, certification and internship or service learning project.<br>Ed.D.<br>Doctorate<br>Dean's Office, Education<br>Education and Human Performance<br>Education
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Fan, Rong, and Peng Wu. "Multi-functional fitness chair for light weight trainer." Thesis, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-11976.
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Nowadays, physical inactivity has become a global problem. According to the research, about 5.3 million deaths all over the world in 2008 could be attributed to inactivity [1]. However, it is enough to do a little exercise every day to reduce the risk of premature deaths by as much as 30 percent. Due to the increasing working pressure, people do not have enough time to go to gym and do exercises, which means that the design of multi-functional fitness chair is necessary so that people can do exercise at home at any time.There have already been many similar household fitness products in the market, but most of them take up large space and the training part is very simple. In comparison, the multi-function fitness chair designed in this thesis combines several fitness equipment together in one chair, so it would save a lot of space, and yet provides possibility to perform versatile exercise.The product was designed in Autodesk Inventor 2015, and finite element analysis was performed in Inventor 2015 and for checking the strength and safety of the design.
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Lo, Ya-Yuan, and 羅雅元. "Transition between Static and Dynamic：Self-Narrative of a Fitness Trainer." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/hwuryz.
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碩士<br>臺北市立大學<br>休閒運動管理學系碩士班<br>103<br>This study recalls the past sports experience of a poor grade high-school student. In the past 7 years, the author has experienced from a ballroom dancer, a sporty brand girl, to a fitness trainer. Thinking of the significance and the impact from her past experiences, she discovers the practical knowledge of performance and fitness teaching skills. The purpose of this study was to recall these experiences, to present them in an autobiographical , and thematic analysis interpretation. Through the trilogy of “Start from dance", "Scale new heights", and "Towards professional", the main spirit of each stage involves in sport. The contents of the performance practical knowledge are summed up to 7 items: action mode, athletic knowledge, performing arts, aesthetic presentation, confident basis, awareness, and emotional integration. The contents of practical knowledge in fitness teaching skills are divided into 6 items: course objectives and positioning, curriculum development, course design, replacing action, usage of music and conversation, and trainer’s attitude. These experiences are further internalized by constant practices, externalized by teaching, and accumulated by common discussion. From the initial loss to finding self-confidence, from experiencing failure and frustration to discovering my own success formula, are a synergy of goals and methods. Facing challenge and change are the best way to grow, and the only way towards a professional road.
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CHEN, KUEI-WEN, and 陳奎文. "An Exploratory Study on the Personal Branding of Fitness Trainer." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/pkh244.
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碩士<br>朝陽科技大學<br>休閒事業管理系<br>106<br>The purpose of this study is to construct “Sport Fitness Trainer Personal Branding Scale”. The research using snowball sampling as a sampling method, the valid response is 98% and the subject of this study are the member and fitness trainer. All collected data were analyzed by an attribute-anchored conjoint to find out the important factor of personal branding. The results are as follow: 1. Sport fitness trainer personal branding included ability, standard and style three facets. 2. In “Ability” facet, defined as (1)"self-professional", the degree of professional knowledge and ability; (2)“course guidance ability”, the professionalism of the fitness trainer when guiding the students. 3. In “Standard” facet, defined as (1)“the principle of doing things”, the standards and methods of dealing with things; (2)“the attitude towards the students”, the communication and relationship with the students. 4. In “Style” facet, defined as (1)“personality traits”, the fitness trainer own conditions; (2)"self-improvement", the conditions that fitness trainers pay to achieve the essence of the coach.
Based on the research results, this study found that “professionalism” is the most important personal branding factor of fitness trainer. Besides that, the study also found that external image is the second important factor, which students are prefer a lively and enthusiastic fitness trainer. Therefore, it is recommended that the fitness trainer should obtain more related fitness license and establish the external image of sunshine, healthy and good posture, and positive and enthusiastic personality to improve its personal branding image.
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Tseng, Nai-Weng, and 鄭乃文. "Analyse the Indicators of Professional Competence for Personal Fitness Trainer." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08985695755117429056.
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碩士<br>國立體育大學<br>運動保健學系<br>103<br>The main purpose of this research is to analyes indicators of the professional abilities of personal fitness trainers, and to discuss the importance of such professional indications. By observing two renowned international fitness education organizations and reviewing references, three important perspectives of professional abilities are: 1) Professional knowledge. 2) Professional skills. 3) Professional attitude. Furthermore, the result of this research was concluded after three integration of opinions from 10 scholars and experts by using Delphi technique. In the total of 52 indications from the mentioned three perspectives, experts unanimously consider that the most important is "professional attitude," then "professional skills," then "professional knowledge."
The most important indication for professional attitude is "to maintain an active and passionate attitude." Among those in professional skills perspectives are "the ability to design periodization program," "the ability to correct movement " "the ability to respond to emergency," and "the ability to demonstrate fitness equipment." Finally, "client exercise program design" is the most important in professional knowledge. The conclusion and suggestions of this research can provide references for the following: the government in future development of personal fitness trainer's training program and establish regulations; fitness club hiring process; self-growth in the industry; future researches and studies.
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Yi-Ting, Tsai, and 蔡怡婷. "A Case Study of Personal Trainer Service Quality for Participamts of Personal Trainer Course Membersin Fitness Club." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67858671560911019992.
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碩士<br>臺北巿立體育學院<br>休閒與運動管理碩士班<br>97<br>Service quality raise becomes important policy in industry. Fitness clubs develop person trainer service which is one on one training mode in this customer oriented age. The purpose of this research focuses on determination of gap between personal trainer course expectation and perception service levels. And offer suggestions to improve personal trainer service quality.This study refers to PZB service quality model, and develop questionnaire for personal trainer service quality. The measuring dimensions of the questionnaire are involved tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy. This research adopted questionnaire method and chose chain fitness club personal trainer course members as survey targets. Descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-test and one-way ANOVA were applied to analyze the questionnaire data. This research analyzed the characteristic of members and the difference between each dimensions.
Based on the data analyzed. there are several conclusions:The characteristics of most members are, female, pay total course fee at one time, job type: business, and age: 31-40 years old. The biggest gap between expectation and perception dimensions is: empathy dimension . The smallest gap between expectation and perception dimensions is: responsiveness dimension.There was significant difference between male and female in reliability dimension of service quality expectation. Female: 6.667, and Male: 5.920.There was significant difference within the personal characteristic “Why re-taking the in course ?” in reliability dimension of service quality desire. The result of mean multiple comparisons showed that “Rely on Personal Trainer”（ 27.000） > “Like this Personal Trainer” 20.667. And there was significant difference within the personal characteristic “Why buy course again?” in reliability dimension of service quality perception. The result of mean multiple comparisons showed that “Rely on Personal Trainer”（ 25.875） > “Instruction skills of Personal Trainer”（17.175）.
The result of this research could be the reference for related organizations and further studies in the future.
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CHEN, CHUN HUA, and 陳俊華. "Design and Implementation of Bluetooth Transmission for Personal Fitness Trainer System." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05976170729113164254.
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碩士<br>逢甲大學<br>資訊電機工程碩士在職專班<br>97<br>Bluetooth is the first technology to unifies communication, computer, consumption electronic products these three kind of manufacturers together. The Bluetooth is a wireless transmission technology, may connect to the PC and the laptop computer, PDA, mobile phone, printer, scanner, digital cameras, even linking between the electrical appliances on the short distance wireless.
This research''s goal lies on applying the actual Bluetooth communication on the sports equipments, after user''s movement information collection, using the Bluetooth interface transmit to the sports equipment panel board or PDA, through the specialized analysis software to record and demonstrated that lets the users have similarity to have a personal fitness trainer in side, therefore let the users don''t have to spend large amount of money to consume in fitness clubs, moreover, use the simple sports equipment in the coordinate fitness information, which has the same effect equally. In addition this system may also use on the physical therapy, let the specialized doctor through the medical records, who analyze the patient whether to have the enough exercise, and keep tracking regularly.
This system has the quite big possibility in the Bluetooth’s substantive utilization, which has the breakthrough regarding only applies on the communications equipments before.
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TSAI, CHIH-YUN, and 蔡芷筠. "The Construction of Competency Model and Competency-Based Program for Fitness Trainer." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ag57f4.
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碩士<br>南臺科技大學<br>企業管理系<br>106<br>Abstract
Health is wealth, a healthy body, to create a great cause, with the social progress and economic growth, the people's living standards continue to improve, the pursuit of health awareness is also increasing, and fitness coaches face the technology diversification and industry facing the crisis of human faults, urgent need to solve the needs of industrial personnel and employment problems.
The search is to explore the competency model and competency-base program, as the reference to establish the training course for fitness trainer, to compile the main duties and tasks of the fitness trainer, as well as the work output, competency connotation and the competency connotation includes knowledge (K), Skill(S) and attitude (A) to complete the”Competency Model Form.”, then use the competency reorganization method the reorganization correspondence of behavioral pointer and competency intension, produce a competency map of the fitness instructor and plan 5 courses, can provide industry as the basis for the future academic circles on the role of fitness trainer and curriculum researchers reference, hope to help improve the fitness industry personal related competency, in order to enhance the quality of industrial labor, and accumulate labor capital improve the competitiveness of the overall industry.
Keyword: Fitness trainer, Competency, Competency interview, Competency model, Competency-based Program
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Lo, Huau Pao, and 羅懷保. "The Difference of Knee Joint Moment between Fitness Bicycle and Elliptical Trainer." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/09655782091854267560.
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碩士<br>臺北巿立體育學院<br>運動器材研究所<br>98<br>The goal of this research was to investigate the difference of knee joint moment between fitness bicycle and elliptical trainer under the same speed and different speeds. The subjects were twelve young healthy males without any lower extremity injuries within six months. They were asked to pedal the fitness bicycle and elliptical trainer at 50 rpm and 70 rpm. We filmed the reflected markers during pedaling by using the Motion Analysis System to obtain the kinematics parameters. The kinetics parameters, gathered by the ATI Six-Axis/Torque Sensor System, were incorporated with the inverse dynamics formula to calculate the knee joint moment for analyzing the effect upon the knee joint by these two fitness equipments. The results are as follows. (1) The subjects’ ankle joint appears to have inversion or internal rotation when pedaling the elliptical trainer, whereas to have eversion or external rotation when pedaling the fitness bicycle. (2) The joint force of pedaling the elliptical trainer is significantly bigger than that of pedaling the fitness bicycle. At high speed, the joint force will increase during pedaling on the elliptical trainer, whereas the joint force of pedaling the fitness bicycle does not show any significant increase. (3) The peak value of joint moment for the fitness bicycle (70°~110°) occurs earlier than that of elliptical trainer (135°~180°), and the peak value of each joint moment in high speed is higher than that of in low speed.
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Neto, Paulo Xavier Castanheira. "Ter personal trainer influencia a assiduidade do cliente de ginásios?" Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/10561.
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As funções de um técnico de exercício físico, no contexto de um clube/ginásio estão
muito mais abrangentes do que está regulamentado, sendo que a relação interpessoal
com os clientes, a imagem profissional a construir perante clientes e empregador, a
adequação de postura/comunicação para cada cliente específico e a estratégia
motivacional a adotar em cada situação são aspetos fundamentais para o sucesso de um
profissional da área.
Um técnico de exercício físico deve ter competências técnicas e científicas que lhe
permitam o diagnóstico e a prescrição de programas de treino, mas também uma série
de competências humanas que permitam um relacionamento profissional e ético com
os clientes. O desenvolvimento deste conjunto de competências (técnicas, científicas e
pessoais) constituem os objetivos principais do estágio realizado.
Para além destes objetivos, procurou-se também avaliar o efeito da presença de
personal trainer num ginásio, e respetiva assiduidade do cliente. Conclui-se que não
existe uma diferença significativa entre os clientes que são acompanhados por personal
trainer e os clientes que não são acompanhados por personal trainer, apesar de serem
encontradas algumas limitações.<br>The functions of a physical excercise technician, in a context of a fitness club/gym, are
much more embracing than what is actually regulated, means that the interpersonal
relationship with the costumers, the professional image to build towards costumers and
employer, the appropriate posture/communication for each costumer, and the
motivacional strategy to adopt in each situation are fundamental aspects for the success
of a professional in this area.
A physical excercise technician must have technical and scientific competences which
allows him to elaborate diagnosis and prescrition of training programs, as well as a
group of social competences that enable a professional and ethical relationship with the
costumers.
This report assembles the description and reflection of all the work developed during
the year of internship. Therefore and according to the goals, here are presented all the
activities, experiences and difficulties which came up, that were and will be important
and an added value to my professional career.
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Edeoga, Ndubuisi. "Cardiovascular responses in older adults using the treadmill, elliptical trainer, and the recumbent stepper." 2005. http://www.oregonpdf.org.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Northern Illinois University, 2005.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves [31]-34). Also available online (PDF file) by a subscription to the set or by purchasing the individual file.
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Chiu, Yu-Tzu, and 邱昱孜. "An Introduction of Systematic Design for Professional Fitness Equipment - A Case Study of Elliptical Cross Trainer." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71767896282634952534.
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碩士<br>國立中興大學<br>機械工程學系所<br>95<br>The people of country of a lot of of world and pay attention to recreation healthily further. And move in people and increase fast, one important development trend, is it produce suitable room that use build up body the sports apparatus to design.
Utilize 3D design software Solid Works is it carry on structural design and collocate COSMOSXpress analyse software intensity in structural design is analyse and improve to come; Make use of Solid Works to design the elliptical cross trainer structural design optimization and human engineering of the training machine; Is it carry on structure intensity analyse, it avoids to be can only according to make use of experience or make sample judge whether the intensity was enough in the past to make use of COSMOSXpress and then, avoid designing excessively, cause the cost to go up and increase schedule while developing.
The completion of this thesis, in actual application, not only enable the apparatus user to move and offer the objective observation materials for all circles'' reference in more natural way, idea that people first that and arouse the industry of the sports apparatus and design the products and answer by this, use to let users use for a long time under the most comfortable state.
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Nykl, Karel. "Kritéria klientek hotelového fitcentra pro výběr osobního trenéra." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-367673.
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Title: Criteria for selection a personal trainer by woman clients of fit center. Objectives: The aim of the thesis is to determine the significance of the individual criteria according to which the clients of the Living Well hotel fitness center select the personal trainer and compare the conclusions with the theoretical knowledge stated in the relevant literature. Methods: The thesis is divided into the theoretical (descriptive analytical) and practical part. Within the theoretical part, a literary research is performed by a descriptive analysis of professional literature dealing with active lifestyle, quality of life and meaning of physical activity. The importance of fitness centers as private business entities based on the individual needs of clients is analyzed. The practical part is a qualitative research carried out within the framework of the Living Well Hotel in Prague 8, which aims to determine the order and weights of individual criteria according to which the clients choose their personal trainer and the motivation to practice with the selection of a personal trainer. In addition to semi- standardized interviews with clients, the author uses his own observation (he works as a trainer in the fitness center) and performs a content analysis of internal company documents. The research team...
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Jančovičová, Nikola. "Rozvoj a další profesní vzdělávání osobních trenérů fitness." Master's thesis, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-405102.
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The thesis deals with the issue of adult education and development, is specially focused on the group of personal fitness trainers, their development and further professional education. In the theoretical part of the thesis, great attention is paid to the conceptualization and systemization of adult education, instead of adult education within the concept of lifelong learning. The thesis deals with one of the most important areas of education, namely further education. It deals with individual subsystems of further education with an emphasis on further professional adult education. The work also brings information about the possibilities of education and development of people in organizations, it deals with the importance of company education. The need for strategic and systematic staff training is highlighted. The work describes individual methods of education, both in the workplace and outside the workplace. A separate chapter focuses on personal fitness trainer, its characteristics, professional competencies and selected forms of coaching education. The aim of this thesis is to identify and to analyze the educational and development needs of personal fitness trainers. Quantitative research is carried out by a questionnaire survey and the data are supplemented with the results of semi-structured...
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Žižka, Jan. "Efekt cvičení ve fitcentru v závislosti na edukaci klientů." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-329948.
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The title of the thesis: The effect of exercise in the fitness center, depending on client education The aim of the thesis: The thesis aims to identify the reasons for clients to access the fitness center, their training goals and whether collaboration client with a personal trainer to improve the effectiveness of training and the effective achievement of client objectives. The methods of the thesis: We conducted a deliberate choice of people without regular physical activity history. Clients never attended a regular fitness center. The experimental group was composed of 10 clients. These were 5 women and 5 men. The age range was from clients 23-47 years, weight rating ranging from 61 kg to 105 kg, and the height was from 157 cm to 192 cm. Sedentary work has 6 surveyed respondents, 4 respondents have a job that requires some physical activity. The content of the diagnostic work is both polling questionnaire form - an exercise regimen, and anthropometric and motor testing - chin on the unit, operating in support of the forearm and run to 1500 m Entrance diagnosis was made before starting the program, the month followed by diagnosis and control after the second months ago, we made a diagnosis output. The results of the thesis: The results of diagnostic exercises show that the month exercise program...
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Santos, Kelly Ribeiro dos. "Relatório de estágio realizado na Academia de Fitness no Estádio Universitário de Lisboa." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/12889.
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O presente documento visa a refletir sobre todas as vivências que decorreram ao longo do Estágio Profissional que teve lugar na Academia de Fitness no Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, que se situa na Av. Prof. Egas Moniz em Lisboa, sob a orientação do Diretor da Academia de Fitness e Orientador da Faculdade e a colaboração de três colegas de estágio, no ano letivo 2014/2015. O estágio Profissional insere-se no 2ºciclo do Mestrado em Exercício e Saúde da Faculdade Motricidade Humana que tem como objetivo a qualificação de profissionais para intervirem na promoção, conceção e aplicação de programas de exercício e de atividade física com o intuito de melhorar a condição física e prevenir doenças, ao qual requer a elaboração de um documento que fundamente todo o processo de formação realizado na Entidade de Estágio. O estágio objetiva a afirmação da aprendizagem como processo pedagógico de construção de conhecimentos, desenvolvimento de competências e habilidades sob processo de supervisão. Como tal, este estágio permitiu passar por um processo de vivência prático-pedagógica, que ajudou a aproximar à realidade da área de formação e articular a teoria à prática, ou seja, é um espaço de aproximação da vida académica à vida profissional, que possibilita uma integração à realidade social. É uma componente fundamental para a formação dos estudantes.
O trabalho desenvolvido no âmbito do estágio centrou-se, inicialmente, numa parte mais teórica, que teve como intuito avaliar os conhecimentos e adquirir e aperfeiçoar as competências necessárias para as funções práticas. Após este processo, ocorreu uma parte mais prática, que teve como objetivo: ganhar competências a nível de identificação, catalogação e análise crítica de uma instituição que providencia serviços relacionados com a realização de exercício físico e saúde; ganhar competências na prescrição do exercício físico e acompanhamento pessoal de utentes; ganhar de competências a nível de avaliação da condição física e da composição corporal a utentes do ginásio; acompanhamento de utentes no Gabinete de Avaliação e Aconselhamento (GAVA) do EUL, onde são realizadas avaliações da composição corporal, da performance e completas; e por fim, acompanhamento de três utentes da Academia de Fitness, num programa de avaliação (composição corporal, aptidão cardiorrespiratória, resistência e flexibilidade muscular e avaliação postural), acompanhamento, aconselhamento e prescrição de programas de treino específicos, de acordo com as necessidades e objetivos pessoais.<br>This project aims to develop a conscious thinking about the dynamics that occurred during the Professional Internship, which took place in Fitness Academy of Lisbon’s University Stadium, in Avenida Prof Egas Moniz, under the supervision of the academy’s director and the collaboration of three colleagues, in the school year 2014/2015.
The internship is inserted in the second year of the Master in Exercise and Health, in Faculdade Motricidade Humana (University of Lisbon), which goal is to teach the tools and methodologies that allow the promotion, conception and the implementation of exercising programmes. Ultimately, the main purpose is to improve a healthy condition and to prevent diseases, through the development of a document that justifies all the formation process which was done in the internship.
This internship is the result of the pedagogic process, which includes the construction of knowledge, learning and skills’ development, under supervision. Therefore, this project allowed the approximation between the academic formation and the professional reality, articulating the theory into the practical professional role, also allowing the integration in the social reality. This is a fundamental component in the student’s formation.
The initial part of the internship focused in the improvement and the evaluation of theoretical concepts and competences that were needed in order to develop the practical functions. After this, the work was more practical and the mail goals were: 1) to acquire competences to identify, to catalogue and to develop a critical analyse of the institution that provides services related to physical activity and health; 2) to acquire competences in order to prescript exercises and to do a personal follow-up, according to the client’s needs; 3) to evaluate the client’s physical condition and corporal composition; 4) follow-up the client’s performance, through the Evaluation and Counselling Department (Gabinete de Avaliação e Acompanhamento) do EUL; and, 5) personal follow-up of three clients of the Fitness Academy, evaluating (the corporal composition, cardiothoracic capacity, endurance, muscular flexibility and posture) and also advising specific training programmes, according to the clients’ needs and aspirations.
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Lin, Chih-Hsun, and 林志勳. "The Study of Qualified Personal Fitness Trainers on Their Professional Careers." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12504438157985834593.
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碩士<br>中國文化大學<br>運動教練研究所<br>95<br>The primary objective of this study is to investigate the obstacles and future challenges to the careers of qualified personal fitness trainers with the qualitative research method. The informants include six AFAA (Aerobic and Fitness Association of America) certified personal trainers who are presently working in Taipei with an average of 6.5 years training experience. The discussion covers the important aspects of the current condition of personal trainers in Taiwan, the essential features, the interactive relationship with fitness club members, the tendency toward the present market, and the possible vocational barriers and challenges.
After the in-depth interviews, I realized that it is not difficult to become a personal trainer; however, for being a professional and competent trainer, it needs the accumulation of time and experiences, diligent management, hard-working, self-improvement, and more importantly self-discipline. Training personal trainers has presently become the main barrier to industrial development. If the fitness industry collaborates with colleges of physical education and sports to foster fitness professionals, not only can it provide future employment opportunities for students from physical education and sports science related fields, but it also retrieves the uneven quality of present certification programs through various organizations. In this way it forms a channel of self-growth and also builds up the primary source of future personal fitness trainers.
The future challenge consists in the change of exercise styles and needs. A shift in trends and patterns of exercise is an inevitable social phenomenon. The adaptation to the vocational variation and clients’ varied requests is essential. Thus, penetrating the trends toward the fitness industry and developing professional capability are personal trainers’ efficient instruments in the career competition. In addition, correctly holding the expansion direction of personal trainer market and implementing a complete education and integrated management provide a better enterprise environment for personal fitness trainers on their professional development.
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WANG, TSUN-HUEI, and 王淳慧. "From Needs Analysis to TBLT Lesson Design: ESP for Taiwanese Fitness Trainers." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gbh6k7.
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碩士<br>國立中正大學<br>外國語文學系英語教學研究所<br>107<br>This study investigates Taiwanese fitness trainers’ learning needs and the effects of a task-based language teaching (TBLT) approach when teaching English for specific purposes (ESP). Based on learners’ learning needs, the researcher-instructor has designed and implemented ESP learning tasks for learners to overcome work-related language difficulties. In this study, the learners are nine certified fitness trainers. The course comprises six three-hour sessions held once a week in Taichung, with a focus on imparting fitness instruction. The study addresses two research questions: 1. What are fitness trainers’ learning needs for ESP? 2. To what extent can TBLT be effective in ESP teaching? To answer these two research questions, needs analysis (NA) interviews, entry and exit performance measurements, teaching logs, and exit interviews data are collected. The data analyses include content analysis and a comparison between entry and exit performance. The findings reveal that different learners have diverse English learning difficulties that stem from previous learning experiences. Through TBLT and group work, learners are able to support and learn from each other. A second finding indicates that the power distance could affect the learners’ willingness to learn. TBLT is an effective approach to adopt in ESP teaching as it induces positive outcomes in various aspects. Four factors may affect the design and effectiveness of TBLT, namely, task authenticity, peer scaffolding, external pressures, and alignment with the needs analysis. The participants in this study consider that this ESP course is useful for their work practices, and most of them have expressed a willingness to attend the next ESP course.
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Ling, Li Chia, and 李佳怜. "The effect of fitness club members participating personal trainer’s losing weights lessons a study of California fitness center." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01221827796870226707.
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碩士<br>臺中健康暨管理學院<br>休閒與遊憩學系碩士班<br>93<br>The objective of this research is to explore the effect of personal trainers’ losing weights lessons getting involved into obese members’ diet condition, exercise behavior and body combination, furthermore, to investigate the from beginning to end differences of the members who carried out or did not carry out the lessons. The sixty testers of this research whose BMI value were over regular value (19.5-24.9) were from California Fitness Club and were divided into experimental group and comparative group equally. Each group had the eight-week losing weights lessons that took sixty minutes each lesson and three times a week and its exercise intensity of the most palpitations (220- age) must be between 60%-85%. In the mean time, experimental group should take one-to-one professional losing weights training and diet planning and yet comparative group should keep their food and drink regularly and the constant training frequency. Each tester took IN-BODY test and filled in food and drink condition questionnaire before and after training. This study was using the paired-sample t-test to analyze the differences between each variable. and got all significant standard to p< .05. The results were summarized as following:
1. On eight-week losing weights lessons interposing obese members’ body combination side, experimental group B’s after-test’s scores was significantly higher than pre-test. On “average total weights” aspect, it descended 1.73kg and on “BMI” aspect, its total average descended 0.7. This showed personal trainers’ lessons contributed to change body combination and the effect of losing weights.
2. On diet condition side, experimental group A was superior to comparative group B. It showed that obese members had positively significant changes on specific diet, high-fat food and diet behavior by personal trainers’ eight-week training and diet planning.
3. On exercise behavior side, experimental group A was superior to comparative group B. It showed that by personal trainers’ eight-week training, obese members had significant changes on exercise condition, specific exercise condition and static activities, also, made members be in the habit of constant exercise frequency in order to achieve the adjustment of exercise behavior during this training.
According to above-mentioned results, personal trainers’ losing weights lessons getting involved into obese members was overall effective particularly and was positive to diet behavior.
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Jhu, Jhih-Hua, and 朱志樺. "Research of Personal Trainer's Salary & Promotion Indications at Various Fitness Centers." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/52240013661744250214.
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碩士<br>國立體育大學<br>運動與健康科學學院<br>104<br>Introduction: Since 2010, “Sport Island Establishment Project” promoted by Sports Administration, Ministry of Education, has encouraged more and more people to participate on sports activities. With the advance of technology, people changed their lifestyles and were under strong stress. Exercise will help to release the stress and is good for health physically and psychologically. A growing exercise population causes the increased fitness centers being competitive. Various types of fitness centers have different requirements while recruiting the personal trainers. Taking the personal trainer as career life, how to be a qualified personal trainer and always being ready for next level‘s movement is very important. A realistic, and comprehensive study is necessary for reference.
Purpose: This study analyzed what factors and basic abilities are needed as a personal trainer or a higher position in various fitness clubs.
Research Methods: This study collects a total of 72 participants for questionnaire and 5 supervisors from fitness centers for personal interviewing. The results derived from further analysis and discussion.
Discussion/Conclusion: Questions were targeting in 3 parts including employment, salary, and promotions. Study results show that personal relationship is a major indicator for career opportunity. Valid reference will help on the hiring, but is not necessary. A national license is more likely the key factor for employment. The salary structure is mostly based on the business model of fitness clubs. In general, salary is correlated to seniority. But the salary could be markedly influenced by sales performance and numbers of teaching session numbers. For factors affecting promotion, professionalism and achievement are basic abilities. However, during interviewing managers, they emphasized the experiences and positive attitudes. Therefore, as a qualified personal trainer, to get international license during school life could be necessary. Moreover, to engance characters such as responsibility, communication, coordination, interpersonal relationship, leadership may have significant influence in the future career.