Analyzing motivation for tele-exercise in adult fitness app users
The common understanding that intrinsic motivation is desirable for sustained behavior change may need to be reinterpreted for the field of leisure-time, tele-exercise. These findings provide new insights into how motivation varies among fitness app users and suggest that digital interventions may benefit from reframing motivational strategies to better support exercise adherence.
Authors
- Juan Manuel Arribas Marín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4482-9470)
- Andrea Fuente-Vidal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4274-1515)
- R. Ivan Blanco
- Ana Sofia Fernandes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3913-7859)
- Joel Montané (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9531-9580)
- Javier Jerez‐Roig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1968-4452)
- Roger Prat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8768-688X)
Institutions
- Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya (ES)
- Lithuanian Sports University (LT)
- Universitat Ramon Llull (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- mHealth
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-25-11
- Primary Topic
- Physical Activity and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00