Summary: The Transtheoretical Model

a) The three barriers to exercise that posed a proggrsive halt in sarah’s ability to adhere to the sport and fitness activities was that she was self-conscious about her body, her age and she had lack of time due to work. The three things that motivated Sarah to exercise and also affected Sarah’s ability to adhere were she likes swimming and also her husband encouraged her to go into fitness. In addition to this, another motivation was her friends set up a badminton league and by joking this league Sarah used it to help her fitness.

b) The theories of behaviour change can be useful for fitness practitioners because it allows them to get an understanding of the individual, this then means that they can make a fitness training programme toward
This is reflected in the case study as it said “She liked the buzz of exercising but ached from the new exercises”. Another stage was Action; this stage means she had to be practising a new behavioural technique up to 3-6 months. In the case study it says in the fourth week she stopped going to the swimming classes cause she was tired due to her working life. Additionally another stage can be maintenance as it means whether she continued her commitment to exercising. In the case study it say Sarah attended all six sessions and it even goes on to say that she done an eighth week in which the case study describes that she was feeling more energetic. Alteration stage can be relapse, this can lead to resumption of old behaviour, and old can come back. This explains why Sarah stopped in the fourth week due to her working life but this is also because she was less motivated. Another stage is pre-contemplation, this is when you not really considering change. In the case study it says that Sarah was overweight wasn’t able to keep up in the swimming class and because she was overweight she was not confident about wearing a swim suit because of this she didn’t really want to consider change due her