Comparação entre a motivação para a prática de musculação e do crossfittm

Abstract

The pursuit of exercise can have several motivations. The objective of the present study was to compare the factors that motivate the practice of two modalities in evidence at the present time, being an older one and well established in the context of physical exercises that is the bodybuilding, and the more recent one, however, that has been fast growth that is CrossFitTM. Individuals attending two bodybuilding academies and two CrossFitTM boxes were evaluated in the city of Fortaleza, totaling a sample of 220 people, obtained by the method of sampling in stratified conglomerates, with a significance of 95%. As a data collection instrument, the motivation questionnaire (GIL, 1999) was used, containing six categories of reasons: Physical conditioning / Performance improvement (CF / per); Estética (Est); Health / Quality of Life (Health / Quality of Life); Social integration (IS); Stress Reduction (RE) and Rehabilitation (Reab). Gender, age, schooling, practice time and other activity besides the practiced modality were also investigated. The sample consisted of 220 practitioners, with no significant difference in the proportions of men and women between the two modalities. The predominant age group in both modalities was between 21 and 30 years. There was greater schooling among CrossFitTM practitioners, with most graduates and specialists. Regarding the time of practice of the modality, it can be observed that the proportion of people who practice CrossFitTM for a period ranging from 6 months to 1 year was higher than the prevalence of individuals who practice bodybuilding. In both modalities, a little more than half of the evaluated ones do not practice another modality. Regarding the motivational factors, no significant differences were found in the evaluation of Physical Conditioning / Performance Improvement, Health / Quality of Life and Stress Reduction. For Aesthetics it was obtained that the population that practices bodybuilding presents dependence for their practice (p = 0.002), whereas for the practice of CrossFitTM there is dependence for Social Integration (p = 0.001) and Physical Rehabilitation (p = 0,017). It is concluded that what motivates the practice of bodybuilding is the search for aesthetic benefits, while to practice CrossFitTM what influenced the motivation was the search for social integration and physical rehabilitation.