Nasm Essentials Of Personal Fitness Training : Ch 19 : Pt2

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What is often the difference between success & failure for the relationship between a personal trainer & their client?

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Effective communication

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It is important for personal trainers to understand the impact of ___ & ___ on their successes & failures.

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Verbal

Nonverbal Communication

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Effective communicator skills are a

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Learned behavior.

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Some skills to consider helping enhance communication with clients include the following :

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Back (Definition)

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In nonverbal communication

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What someone is thinking or feeling is reflected in their body language.

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Where does much of nonverbal communication show up?

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In the face (a small movement in the lips or change in the eyes).

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What are some forms of nonverbal communication?

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Physical appearance

Posture

Gestures

Body position

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There are 4

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Many times the problem with nonverbal communication is

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How it is interpreted.

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Although, usually the impact of ___ nonverbal communication is ___ & the impact of ___nonverbal communication is ___.

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Positive nonverbal

Positive

Negative nonverbal

Negative

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The negative effects of nonverbal communication generally will ensure that

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The client will not return.

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What must verbal messages be to be received & interpreted correctly?

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It must be clear.

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How must verbal messages be delivered in order to be received & interpreted it correctly?

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They must be delivered at the right time & in the right place.

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Not only the messages need to be delivered at the right time in the right place but

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The listener needs to clarify what they heard from the speaker.

The speaker needs to approve/reclarify with the listener.

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Verbal communication steps 1-4 :

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Back (Definition)

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The potential for error is virtually in every step of the verbal communication model. The way a speaker communicates can vary in terms of what?

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Tone

Inflection

Enunciation

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There are 3

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What the listener actually hears may be

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All, some, or very little of what the speaker intended to communicate.

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The way a listener interprets the words that they heard may be very different than how the speaker interprets those same words. The result is

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Miscommunication between the listener & speaker.

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Active listening is about having

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Having an attitude & genuine interest in seeking a client’s perspective & getting to know them.

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Active listening requires an individual to

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Pay attention

Avoid distractions

Look the speaker in the eyes

Provide feedback only when the speaker has finished.

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There a 4

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What is active listening in communication not about?

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Convincing the client to do something

Selling a program

Providing the right information

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There a 3

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Active listening suggests that a personal trainer seeks ___ to be & desire to ___.

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Respectful & genuinely care for clients.

Form partnerships/collaborative relationships with them.

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Instead of having the goal of communicating information, a personal trainer’s goal should be

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To build a relationship with their client.

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Arguably, it is more important to communicate understanding than to

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Provide the right information.

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By maximizing ___ & minimizing ___, personal trainers will help get people ___, & that is what leads to ___ to an exercise program.

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Max : Support

Min : Disagreements

Get people connected

Leads to adherence

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Gradual lifestyle change is often accompanied by a pattern of

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Backsliding

Starting over

Stopping

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There are 3

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Closed-ended (directive) questions can be answered with

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One word

(What’s your name?)

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Open-ended (nondirective) questions allow

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Clients to get more information, to be elaborate.

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Open ended questions cannot be answered with a

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Number

Place

Yes or no

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Open-ended questions are very important for building what type of relationships? Why?

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Collaborative relationships

They invite discussion.

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How do you open-ended questions invite discussion?

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To express :

Personal fears

Barriers

Failures

Successes

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There are 4

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Reflections are

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Conversational techniques that expressed the purported meaning of what was just heard.

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What was that?

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Reflections are both ___ & ___. They express ___ & communicate ___.

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Subtle & powerful.

Caring & communicate understanding.

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Reflecting is an opportunity to make sure of what? What opportunity does it give to a client?

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That what a client says is accurately understood.

The opportunity to ensure they said what they thought or felt.

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How are reflections powerful?

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Because they show that active listening is occurring.

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They may add more information so what has been reflected.

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They may add more information to what has been reflected.

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When reflecting is done skillfully the conversation between a trainer and the client will flow, & all the information will come from who?

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The client.

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Summaries are a series of

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Reflections.

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If a trainer has done a good job reflecting with clients, then summary should be

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Pretty simple.

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What do summaries draw out? Summaries show a great depths of what?

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All the important points of the conversation together & again allow clients to clarify what they said or how someone has interpreted what they said.

Listening throughout an entire conversation.

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Affirmations show appreciation for

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Clients & their strengths.

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What must personal trainers do to know what to affirm? When using affirmations with a client it is important to do what?

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They must listen.

Genuinely affirm something the client personally values.

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Thoughts, plans, skills.

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Clients feel more validated by positive comments about their

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Thoughts

Plans

Skills

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How are affirmations different from complements?

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Complements typically have in evaluative judgment implicit within them.

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Complements usually begin with statements ___. Changing ___ statements to ___ statements relocates the affirmation from an ___ advantage point to an ___client attribute.

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“I” statements.

Changing “I” statements to “U” statements

From an external

To an internal

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Clients are paying personal trainers to share information with them. However, before sharing information with a client it is important to do what? Asking permission to give advice softens what?

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Ask permission to share that information.

The trainers role as an authority figure, & supports a partnership in the decision making process.

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These are some basic ideas to keep in mind when communicating new information to a client. Some of those ideas are as follows :

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Back (Definition)

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Social networks can strongly influence what? What type of people fare better?

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Behavior & beliefs.

Those who are trying to change their exercise behavior & who have strong social support.

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The social support include

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Family

Friends

Coworkers

Personal trainers

Others who provide :

Encouragement

Support

Accountability

Companionship

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4 types of people

4 things they provide

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What is one of the strongest predictors of exercise adherence?

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Social support.

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During the first session with a new client, what should personal trainers discuss about social support?

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The amount & type of social support the client may need or have.

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When talking about prior exercise successes, people may mention attribute their past exercise success is to a workout buddy, family member, or friend. If the conversation is not going this direction what are some questions that may need to be asked?

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Were other people involved in your past success?

Did family & friends help you to stick to your exercise program?

Who was the most important person that added to your exercise success?

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3 social support questions.

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For clients who have a strong social support network, have a conversation with them about

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How to use the social support they have available.

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For clients who have limited social support network or no social support network, trainers should help clients

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To find social support they need To adhere to an exercise program.

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What is a simple way of helping a client find social support?

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Introducing them to staff & members in the fitness facility.

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Trainers can also design small group training classes and

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Encourage their existing clients to invite friends, coworkers, or family members.

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Provide in formal orientation sessions for

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Groups of new members, helping to connect them.

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Other people with strong social support fair better with exercise inherence, many people do enjoy exercising ___. Generally these Individuals use exercise to get away from ___, to spend some time ___, ___, or to ___.

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Alone.

Get away from people,

To spend some time alone,

To think,

Or to destress/relax.

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Solitude.

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What are the various kinds of support?

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Instrumental support

Emotional support

Companionship support

Informational support

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I.I.C.E.

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Instrumental support is the

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Tangible & practical factors necessary to help a person to adhere to exercise/achieve exercise goals.

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What are some examples of instrumental support?

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Transportation to a fitness facility

A babysitter

A spotter for a weightlifting

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How to get there.

How to have free time.

How to lift safely.

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Components of instruments with support that are unsupported turn into what?

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Barriers.

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People will not be able to adhere to an exercise program if there are

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Tangible things that get in the way of them being able to exercise.

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Emotional support is expressed through

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Encouragement

Concern

Caring

Empathy

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2 Es

2 Cs

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What are examples of emotional support?

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Encouraging client to work harder.

Sympathizing with a client when they have sore muscles.

Praising a client for their efforts.

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E.S.P.

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Emotional support enhances ___ & reduces ___. Although emotional support goes a bit deeper, it can come in the form of an ___.

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Enhance : Self-esteem

Reduce : anxiety

Affirmation

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Affirmations affirm what?

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Intent & effort.

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Informational support is one of the main reasons that clients

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Come to personal trainers in the first place.

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Informational support includes the

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Directions, advice, or suggestions given to clients about how to exercise & the feedback regarding their progress.

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Informational support can come from what type of sources?

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Formal sources :

Personal trainers, group exercise instructors, or other health & fitness professionals.

Informal sources :

Family & friends who share their own exercise experiences.

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What is the most familiar type of support?

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Companionship support.

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Companionship support includes

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The availability of family, friends, & coworkers who clients can exercise with.

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Companionship during exercise provides

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Positive feelings & may distract people from the negative related feelings such as fatigue, pain, & boredom.

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Companionship also provides a sense of

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Camaraderie & accountability.

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Who are the various persons whose influence may either help or hinder clients’ ability to reach their fitness & wellness goals?

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Spouses

Parents

Exercise leaders

Peers participating in a fitness group

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There are 4

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Healthy married adults who joined a fitness group with their spouse had

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Significantly better attendance & we are less likely to drop out of the program than married people who joined without their spouse.

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My family members pressure I make loved ones feel guilty about exercise, that person may

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Respond by exercising less.

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When an individual begins exercising less because of pressure or guilt from family members this is known as

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Behavior reactants

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What may negative exercise include? Why are some family members like this?

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Overprotectiveness.

Because that person has a chronic disease or disability, causing parents to be overprotective of their children’s participation in physical activities that are perceived to have a high risk injury.

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Other forms of negative support me include family members providing a sense of guilt because

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Exercise is taking away from family time & family obligations.

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Parental support at a young age is important for a ___. It is important for a child to grow up understanding the importance of ___ & the negative impact of ___.

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Developing child.

The importance of exercise

Negative impact of inactivity.

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Children need parents who model what? What does it provide for the child?

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Healthy & appropriate physical activity.

A sense of routine & familiarity that can last a lifetime.

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It is important for children to be exposed to a variety of ___ & for parents to empower their children with the ability to choose the ___for themselves.

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Physical activities

Appropriate physical activities

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An exercise leader plays a similar role to that of a ___. A big part of this job is ___, ___, & ___ the members in the class.

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Personal trainer.

Engaging, connecting, & getting to know

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What’s the group exercise instructor’s always do?

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Introduce themselves

Ask & remember names

Acknowledge new class participants

Ensure new participants are properly set up for class

Introduce new class participants to veteran class members

Talk to members about their goals & expectations

check in with members after class

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There are 7

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What type of influence do compassionate exercise leaders generally have on exercisers? This may contribute to increases in their participants

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A positive social influence.

Increase in participants :

Self-confidence

Enjoyment & motivation to exercise

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Group exercise participants who experienced a socially supportive leadership style reported the following :

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Back (Definition)

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As real models it is important that group exercise instructor’s use their influence to promote

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Healthy and balanced attitudes and behaviors towards exercise.

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Instructors who exercise even when they are eel or exercise excessively may be sending

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An inappropriate message.

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A sense of cohesion in a group exercise setting as related to whether or not

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An individual adheres to exercise program.

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What are some principles shown to increase the group exercise cohesion?

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Having a group distinctiveness

Giving group members responsibilities for particular tasks

Establishing group norms

Providing opportunities to make sacrifices for the group

Increasing social interactions before, during, & after class

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There are 5 ways

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In large classes participants expect there to be a

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Group oriented approach to where the instructor addresses & reinforces the group as a whole.

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Address & reinforce

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In a smaller class participants expect & usually receive a more

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Individually oriented approach to teaching we’re by the instructor addresses & reinforces individual members of the group.

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Address & reinforce

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In a medium sized group exercise class, research has shown that it may be clear weather

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A group or individual oriented approach is best.

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In medium sized exercise classes there may be discrepancies between what participants expect and what approach is used by the instructor. The instructor may be unsure which a process best and useful styles in consistently. Such inconsistency to contribute to

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Dissatisfaction with the class & the instructor.

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What are some of the characteristics of the people in a group exercise class that can affect an individual’s experience?

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Sex

Assimilation

Enthusiasm

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The gender make up of a group exercise class is one group composition factor that can affect an exerciser’s experience. Women often report feeling

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Uncomfortable in an environment that is made up of primarily men.

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Feeling similar to the other group members in a group exercise setting can affect

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Comfort level & motivation.

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People would prefer to exercise In an environment with people who are of similar ___ & similar ___.

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Body type

Ability

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Feeling less competent in a good exercise setting can

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Diminish and exercisers self-confidence & motivation.

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In a study with a group of exercise participants who were enthusiastic, encouraging one another, and socially interactive, most participants reported

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Greater enjoyment & stronger intentions to join an exercise group.

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For people who are new to exercise it may be important to help them focus on mastering the exercise skills before introducing them to

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And enthusiastic group