Motivação de praticantes de musculação: fatores socioeconômicos associados

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the association between socioeconomic class and the motivational factors of men and women who practice resistance training in weight training academies in the city of Governador Valadares - MG. A total of 122 individuals participated in the study. The plataforma was not probabilistic by google particants, participa were invited to access a direct link to the google forms plataform. Thus, four questionnaires were applied: sociodemographic and training; facilitators and barriers to training; the socioeconomic questionnaire of the Brazilian Association of Population Studies (ABEP); and finally the Portuguese version of the Revised Physical Activity Motivation Scale (MPAM-R). For data analysis, descriptive statistics and inferential tests were used. It was observed that the socioeconomic class A/B1 has more time of practice and a greater number of practitioners of resistance training (n= 55) when compared to the socioeconomic class B2 and C/D/E. In a general analysis of motivation, the Health/Fitness dimension (6.24±0.65) had the highest average, while the lowest was Social (3.48±1.34). Level A/B1 women are more motivated towards Health/Fitness than men. Men of socioeconomic level B2 are more motivated for fun/interest and for Social than women. There was a prevalence of intrinsic motivation when associated with socioeconomic class, motivation and demographic factors, while extrinsic motivations were present in the demographic and training variables age (A/B1), distance (A/B1), training time (C/B1). IN). The present study may add knowledge about the motivation of resistance training practitioners in weight training gyms.