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- Group exercise training programs aim to enhance health and fitness while reducing dropout rates.
- A study with 27 adults found that vigorous exercise led to higher heart rate responses and less pleasant feelings compared to moderate exercise.
- To improve adherence to exercise, it's recommended to focus on moderate intensity sessions to promote better feelings and lower exertion.
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Group exercise training programs were introduced as a strategy for improving health and fitness and potentially reducing dropout rates. This study examined the psychophysiological responses to group exercise training sessions. Twenty-seven adults completed two group exercise training sessions of moderate and vigorous exercise intensities in a random and counterbalanced order. The %HRR and the exertional and arousal responses to vigorous session were higher than those during the moderate session (p<0.05). Consequently, the affective responses to vigorous session were less pleasant than those during moderate session (p<0.05). These results suggest that the psychophysiological responses to group exercise training sessions are intensity-dependent. From an adherence perspective, interventionists are encouraged to emphasize group exercise training sessions at a moderate intensity to maximize affective responses and to minimize exertional responses, which in turn may positively affect future exercise behavior.
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