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1. What does exercise mean to different people?
2. What are the ways people choose to exercise for fitness?
3. What influences people’s choice of fitness activities?

Emerging individual fitness activities

• Advertising and promotion - How do you know who to believe?, Promotional techniques, eg direct marketing, limited offer memberships, Accuracy of information, Ethics of advertising

Access to facilities

• Individual fitness activities, eg

• Meanings of exercise: Exercise as a form of physical activity AND Exercise and its relationship to fitness

Cycling

Weight training programs

Power walking/running

• Settings for exercise - Exercise at home, eg home gyms, Community facilities, Fitness centres and personal trainers, Exercise clubs, eg running, walking, cycling, Cultural groups

Feelings about fitness and exercise

Motivators and barriers to participation

Tai chi

Convenience of use

Cost

Pilates/yoga

• Group fitness activities, eg Aerobics/aquarobics, Pump/step/spin classes, Circuit training, Team games, Exercise for specific groups, eg exercise for pregnancy, children, fitness, gentle exercise for the aged, Emerging group fitness activities,

• Motivators and barriers to participation - Access to facilities, Convenience of use, Cost, Feelings about fitness and exercise, Exercise as a priority, Influence of other responsibilities, eg family, work

Swimming

• The value that people place on exercise and fitness: Changing attitudes to fitness AND Fitness as a commodity

Exercise as a priority

Influence of other responsibilities, eg family, work