Tendências do Fitness em Portugal para 2022

Susana  Franco; Rita Santos Rocha; Fátima Ramalho; Vera Simões; Isabel Vieira; Liliana Ricardo Ramos

doi:10.6063/motricidade.25847

Fitness Trends for Portugal 2022

Authors

Susana Franco Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior - Instituto Politécnico de Santarém https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5752-5233
Rita Santos Rocha Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior - Instituto Politécnico de Santarém https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7188-8383
Fátima Ramalho Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior - Instituto Politécnico de Santarém https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5131-9204
Vera Simões Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior - Instituto Politécnico de Santarém https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5124-2446
Isabel Vieira Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior - Instituto Politécnico de Santarém
Liliana Ricardo Ramos Assistente convidada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2858-3143

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.25847

Keywords:

Portugal, Trends, Fitness, ACSM

Abstract

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) annually publishes a study of global fitness trends. In 2021, the first study on fitness trends in Portugal was published. The present study reproduced the methodology of the ACSM trends study and characterized the fitness trends in Portugal for 2022. The trends between 2021 and 2022, between genders, between whether to do exercise functions as a professional and between holding the title of Exercise Technician Physical (TEF), Technical Director (DT) or without title, were compared. 758 fitness professionals (FP) responded to an online survey. The main fitness trends for 2022 in Portugal are “Licenses (titles) for FP”, “Employ certified FP”, “Personal trainer”, “Exercise for weight loss” and Healthy lifestyle and behaviour change”. These top 5 trends are the same as those obtained in the study on trends for 2021 in Portugal. When comparing the results of fitness trends 2021 versus 2022, there were significant differences in 17 of the 42 trends. Regarding gender comparison, there were significant differences in 25 of the 42 trends. In the comparison between professionals who exercised functions and those who did not exercise functions as FP there were significant differences in 14 of the 42 trends. In the comparison between professionals with a TEF, DT or untitled title, there were differences in 16 of the 42 trends.

Keywords: Portugal, Trends, Fitness, ACSM

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2022-03-30

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Franco, S. ., Santos Rocha, R., Ramalho, F., Simões, V., Vieira, I., & Ramos, L. R. (2022). Fitness Trends for Portugal 2022. Motricidade, 18(1), 61–72. https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.25847

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Vol. 18 No. 1 (2022): Motricidade

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