Cognitive Regulation Training and Exercise

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究的目的是研究一种新的认知训练干预对随后坚持和参与以家庭和中心为基础的结合阻力和有氧运动的综合体育活动计划的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the proposed study is to examine the effects of a novel cognitive-training intervention on subsequent adherence to and engagement in an integrated home and center- based physical activity program combining resistive and aerobic exercise. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Physical activity rates decrease with age and exercise program attrition rates increase with time. A number of "booster strategies" have been implemented within exercise interventions with the aim of increasing compliance to exercise programs, but it has yet to be determined whether pre- intervention training can prevent attrition and increase long-term adherence. Evidence suggests that general cognitive training and training specific to exercise-related cognitive processing has the potential to increase self-efficacy and self-regulatory strategies, and ultimately, exercise behavior. This study will compare the effect of cognitive training vs. no training on subsequent adherence to a 4-month, home and center-based program involving aerobic and resistance exercises, in a sample of middle-age adults.