Predictors of Exercise Compliance DVD

Strategies to Improve Adherence

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Predictors of Exercise Compliance: Strategies to Improve Adherence DVD
Produced in cooperation with the ACSM
Walter Thompson, Ph.D., FACSM
Georgia State University
2007
US Price: $49.95
DVD | Length: 29 minutes
827008113095

Predictors of Exercise Compliance: Strategies to Improve Adherence to Exercise Programs presents a detailed overview of the factors that affect exercise compliance. The video then provides a series of practical strategies for increasing the level of participant compliance.

A partial list of topics covered:

  • Predictors of compliance
    • socioeconomic
    • physical/biological
    • psychological
    • characteristics of the exercise program
  • Strategies to improve compliance
    • coordination of time of day the exercise program is offered
    • reinforcement during or shortly after the participant's behavior by the instructor
    • stimulus control whereby participants are encouraged to make use of cues
    • cognitive strategies
    • behavioral contracting


About the Author

Walt Thompson, Ph.D., FACSM, FAACVPR, is the Director, Center for Sports Medicine, Science & Technology at Georgia State University (Atlanta, Georgia). He is also a full professor in both the Department of Kinesiology and Health and the Department of Nutrition at Georgia State University. Dr. Thompson is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, a Fellow of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Research Consortium, a Fellow of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and a Fellow of the Southern Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Currently, he serves as the Chairman of the American College of Sports Medicine Committee on Certification and Education.


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