Group Fitness Instructor

Category - Diversity

You observe one of your class participants continuing to exercise despite injuries or illness, notice that he/she is getting extremely thin, and hear him/her expressing negative feelings when unable to exercise. You may suspect:
  1. The participant has a high degree of motivation
  2. The participant is training for a high level sport
  3. The participant has an exercise dependence or addiction
  4. The participant has an eating disorder
Explanation
Answer: C - Exercise dependence is defined as “when the commitment to exercise assumes a higher priority than commitments to family, work, or interpersonal relations.” Signs of exercise dependence or addiction include continuing to exercise despite injury or illness, extreme thinness, irritability, and depression when unable to exercise.
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