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My Mind On My Body And My Body On My Mind: Examining The Effect Of Self-Objectification On Exercise Flow And Enjoyment For Young Women, Kimberly Embacher Martin
My Mind On My Body And My Body On My Mind: Examining The Effect Of Self-Objectification On Exercise Flow And Enjoyment For Young Women, Kimberly Embacher Martin
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The overwhelming prevalence of sexually objectifying media in our culture causes many women to objectify themselves (self-objectification), resulting in heightened body surveillance. This constant body surveillance involves recurrent, self-conscious cognitions that lower a woman’s ability to enter a state of flow— the feeling of complete absorption in an activity that is strongly connected to enjoyment. One context wherein the relationships between self-objectification, body surveillance, flow, and enjoyment may prove particularly important is that of exercise. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to integrate objectification theory and flow theory in order to examine a variety of potential objectification-related inhibitors …
“Hey, Nice Run!” Exploring Motives For Smartphone Exercise App Use, Michael S. Fuller
“Hey, Nice Run!” Exploring Motives For Smartphone Exercise App Use, Michael S. Fuller
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The rapid pace at which smartphone applications are currently diffusing through society have made them a very popular form of media. Smartphone applications (commonly referred to as apps) allow users the ability to complete a variety of media functions such as receive news updates, sport scores, view television programs, and listen to the radio. Exercise apps are a sub category of smartphone apps which allow users to monitor their exercise progress through the Global Positioning System included in most smartphones. To date, the motives for exercise apps have not been examined within the framework of Uses and Gratifications. This essay …
Relationship Of Perceived Thirst To Measures Of Hydration During And Following Exercise, Lesley W. Vandermark
Relationship Of Perceived Thirst To Measures Of Hydration During And Following Exercise, Lesley W. Vandermark
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The purposes of these investigations were to describe the relationship of thirst to hydration during exercise, and to determine the impact of fluid volume on thirst following exercise. Eleven males completed four treadmill exercise trials of up to 180 minutes in a warm environment (35°C, 30% RH), then a 1-hour seated recovery. Two trials began euhydrated, and two hypohydrated. Fluid was given in one trial during exercise to match sweat rate. During recovery, participants were grouped to receive either a Small (1% of body mass (BM)) or Large (4% of BM) fluid bolus. Immediately post-exercise (IPE), there was a relationship …
Whole Body Stress And Immune Cell Responses To Exercise, Heat And Dehydration In The 2012 Ironman World Championship And Controlled Laboratory Study, Colleen Munoz
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Background: Global changes in immune cells and circulating molecules might indicate whole body stress magnitude. Heat shock protein 70kD (HSP70) and plasma HSP70 might protect through different mechanisms. HSP70 transcription factors, Heat Shock Factor 1 (HSF1) and Nuclear Factor of Activated T-cells 5 (NFAT5) respond to heat and dehydration stress, respectively, and might quantify specific stress exposures. Purpose: Characterize circulating and cellular markers indicating cytoprotective responses following acute stress and recovery in humans. Methods: Laboratory: 36 healthy males completed: 1) "Baseline" followed by 16h fluid deprivation, 2) "Pre" and "Post" 2h cycling (~38°C, ~40%RH), 3) partial rehydration measured "Post1h", 4) …
Resistance Training In Untrained Individuals: Impact Of Light Repetition Ranges On Improvements In Fat Free Mass, Courtenay D. Lewis
Resistance Training In Untrained Individuals: Impact Of Light Repetition Ranges On Improvements In Fat Free Mass, Courtenay D. Lewis
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The hypertrophy range (8-12 repetitions at 70-85% one-repetition maximum (1RM)) has long been considered the optimal resistance training protocol for the development of fat-free mass (FFM). Recent investigations have hypothesized that lighter repetition zones (over 12 repetitions and less than 67% 1RM) are as effective as heavier loads for the development of FFM. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether local muscular endurance workouts could sustain and further increase FFM following a program emphasizing the hypertrophy zone. Methods: Healthy, untrained subjects (36 men and 27 women, ages 23 ± 3) completed 96 resistance training workouts. After baseline …