Barriers and motivators for strength training among women of color and Caucasian women.

Autor: O'Dougherty M, Dallman A, Turcotte L, Patterson J, Napolitano MA, Schmitz KH
Zdroj: Women & Health; 2008, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p41-62, 22p
Abstrakt: The present study examined factors associated with adherence to a strength training (ST) intervention in a randomized controlled intervention trial testing whether twice-weekly strength training over 2 years could prevent age-associated in-creases in body fat in 80 overweight to mildly obese women, aged 25-44 years. Two sets of focus groups (FGs) were conducted with 25 women of color and 24 Caucasian participants, representing 60% of intervention participants. Fifty-five percent of FG participants had low adherence (defined as
Databáze: Complementary Index