THREE APPROACHES TO COPING WITH EXERCISE DURATION BOREDOM AMONG SEDENTARY WORKERS IN FESTAC TOWN, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study was carried out to find out which exercise boredom coping strategy
works better in making exercisers cope with boredom during exercise. The strategies
investigated were: music, video/audio-visual aid and internal counting of repetitions.
Fifteen subjects in groups of five were used in the study. Each group exercised for four
weeks each, three times a week. They exercised using the treadmill and cycle ergometer
alternatively. The variables studied in this research were; exercise duration, exercise
compliance, and perceived exertion. The study revealed that subjects that exercised with
music had the higher duration (28.58s), higher exercise compliance index (4.60) and
rate of perceived exertion (8.02), indicating that music did have an effect on exercise
duration boredom. The hypothesis music-aided exercise will not have a significant effect
on exercise duration boredom was rejected. According to the findings, the video had
a relatively low effect on exercise duration boredom, as represented by lower exercise
duration (22.30s), lower exercise compliance index (3.87) and the lower rate of perceived
exertion. ‘Internal counting of repetitions fared better than video watching but not as
high as listening to music while exercising.