2 Min. Exercise Motivation Survey for Psych Class

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  1. Please indicate your age range
    41

  2. Please indicate your gender
    Male

  3. On average, how many days a week do you exercise?
    5

  4. How long have you been regularly exercising for?
    20+ years

  5. How old were you when you first started regularly exercising?
    18

  6. What do you feel was the single greatest reason you started regularly exercising?
    To look better

  7. Do you feel that the original reason you started exercising for is the same reason you continue to exercise today? If not, what do you feel is your current reason for exercising?
    Same but soon after starting the strength and health benefits became just as important.

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1. Please indicate your age range
18-30(28)

2. Please indicate your gender
Male

3. On average, how many days a week do you exercise?
4-5 days(5)

4. How long have you been regularly exercising for?
9+ years

5. How old were you when you first started regularly exercising?
13

6. What do you feel was the single greatest reason you started regularly exercising?
Athletics

7. Do you feel that the original reason you started exercising for is the same reason you continue to exercise today? If not, what do you feel is your current reason for exercising?
Kind of but not really. Staying active in the gym certainly helps me be better at the sports I still compete in, but my primary reasons have become the general health benefits, vanity, and a perceived mental benefit of keeping to a routine, achieving goals, etc.

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1. Please indicate your age range
28

2. Please indicate your gender
Male

3. On average, how many days a week do you exercise?
5

4. How long have you been regularly exercising for?
8 years

5. How old were you when you first started regularly exercising?
20

6. What do you feel was the single greatest reason you started regularly exercising?
Aesthetics

7. Do you feel that the original reason you started exercising for is the same reason you continue to exercise today? If not, what do you feel is your current reason for exercising?
To a small extent. However, today i value my performance and strength in the gym over pure aesthetics.

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1. Please indicate your age range
33

2. Please indicate your gender
Male

3. On average, how many days a week do you exercise?
4.5

4. How long have you been regularly exercising for?
7 years

5. How old were you when you first started regularly exercising?
1 (I didn’t regularly exercise from age 22 to 27, but I was still more active than the average person by far)

6. What do you feel was the single greatest reason you started regularly exercising?
Bad cholesterol test at 27, when I was younger it was just what I did.

7. Do you feel that the original reason you started exercising for is the same reason you continue to exercise today? If not, what do you feel is your current reason for exercising?
No, if I’m not lifting I don’t feel right. If I’m not training for something, I don’t feel like I’m being a good example for my family.