Predictors of Exercise Compliance DVD

Strategies to Improve Adherence

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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.