Análise da visão dos praticantes de como vivenciam sua prática na musculação

Abstract

This study is a descript analysis that aimed to raise and analyse the view of practitioners on how they experience their practice in bodybuilding where structural methodological and social aspects are addressed. In a gym in the western region of Belo Horizonte, a questionnaire was applied to 50 students from a gym aged between 18 and 60 years old who have been practicing weight training for at least 6 months and at most 1 year. The questions were grouped in group, where GROUP 1 deals with the reasons why participants practice wheight training, GROUP 2 talks about the learning gained from attending the gym and with the modality practiced, GROUP 3 asks about the goals intended by interviewed and GROUP 4 assesses the competence of professors and interns at the academy and the relationship between their competence and physical appearance. With the present study, it can be concluded that more than 80% of the interviewees are practicing weight training because they are concerned with health and well-being, the location and the quality of the services provided were decisive for choosing the training location, all the interviewees reported that they had had results with the regular practice of physical exercise among these objetives the main ones mentioned were, improvement of the quality of life and health hypertrophy and reduction of the % fat, in addition 72% describe as medium and 28% as being the high level of demand of their training and 88% consider the academy a space for teaching and learning. More than 90% rated theachers and trainees as competent and perceive the importance of daily monitoring, the majority 60% still consider the physical appearance of theachers and trainees to be important, some people said that this can be consistent with the quality of the prescription of programs and better monitoring. Further studies are suggested on these and other issues that include the practice of weight training and other modalities in gyms for future comparisons and so that teachers, trainees and entrepreneurs in the area can better understand the needs of their students / clients and where the modality is being taken.