Social SupportGood social support is vital for good exercise adherence.

ADVANTAGES

ImageryYou might use your imagination to improve your exercise adherence andmotivation. While goal setting (link) can involve rational, carefulplanning of tasks and outcomes, the effective use of imagery or visualizationcan help involve all of your senses. For example, perhaps your goalsinvolve reaching the weight you were when you graduated from high schoolor college. To use imagery or visualization, you attempt to rememberwhat you looked like; how it felt; what you liked to do. Maybe youcan remember the smell of the freshly mowed grass in the park you usedto walk through or maybe you can remember the feel of having a lively,easy stride. You can also use such positive imagery to help you relaxin response to emotional anxiety (link); thereby helping you stay focusedon your exercise goals.

Exercise Adherence: Getting Beyond Getting Started

ClimateThe climate in which we exercise is very influential in terms of exerciseadherence.
Having a regularly scheduled exercise time, at which others are dependingon you, is and excellent way of ensuring that you maintain high exerciseadherence.

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(Oxford dictionary)
Implementing enjoyable activities
Knowing the benefits of the personal training programme
Support and reinformcenet
Rewards
GOAL!
Exercise Adherence
Unit 5 - Training for personal fitness
Explain strategies for continued training success
Time
SMARTER TARGETS
People have busy lives and find it difficult to spend time to do fitness.

Exercise Adherence Rating Scale (EARS) | GKT CARS

AASP Certified Mental Performance Consultants (CMPCs) and specially trained licensed psychologists are typically the most competent practitioners working in the field of applied sport and exercise psychology. Although there are many specific concepts within applied sport and exercise psychology (e.g., goal setting, concentration, motivation, relaxation, imagery), the general goal is to teach mental skills necessary to perform consistently in training and competition, increase adherence to exercise programs, and to help individuals realize their potential.

Overcome mental barriers to reach exercise goals

The followingheadings address areas which must be addressed in order to maximise yourexercise adherence:TimeTime management is an important part of everyone's life and findingtime to exercise is vital if an exercise program is to be adhered to.

Mental Barriers to Exercise Adherence

You can also reward youself for doing well/ sticking to a training program or achviemeing a outcome such as losing weight.
Can you name some types of effective rewards?
Identify barriers that affect exercise adherence?

ExRx Beginner's Page: Beginning an Exercise Program

xWhen beginning (or even continuing) an exercise program, a key elementto your adherence is goal setting. How will you know what to do ifyou don't know what you want to achieve? Because an exercise regimencan be a very difficult thing to stick with, it helps tremendously to havesomething(s) to shoot for. One thing to remember about your goals,is that they must be attainable to be effective. Sounds simple, doesn'tit? Just follow a few simple guidelines and you'll be right on track.

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