Abstract
Aim of the study: Work-related load can cause serious health issues and discomfort. Ligament
and muscle sprains and inflammations, psycho-emotional issues, burnout, and other problems
among trainers are not treated in due course and contribute to the inability to work in the
future. The profession of a fitness trainer is quite challenging - heavy workload, highly
changing environment, noise, the risk factor, high responsibility, high flow of people, high
competition, and a relatively low salary. Every day, fitness trainers help others to improve
their health and appearance. However, trainers often forget about how much the specifics of
their work can harm themselves. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the
work specifics of fitness trainers and how it affects the well-being of trainers in Latvia.
Methods: An anonymous online survey was conducted to achieve this goal. The survey
consisted of 26 closed-ended questions with multiple-choice answers and the possibility to
add one's own response option. The survey was divided into blocks, namely qualification and
work experience, work specifics and conditions, rest and recovery, characteristics of wellbeing. In total, 141 fitness trainers from Latvia participated in the study, of which 92 were
women and 49 were men. For data analysis, the SPSS 18.0 software was used for performing
mathematical and descriptive statistics.
Results: Analysing the obtained results, it can be concluded that fitness trainers in Latvia have
a very heavy workload on a daily basis, there is practically no opportunity to rest and recover
between the training sessions, there are very few or no days off at all, there is often no time
and energy to fully and qualitatively focus on one's own body and physical form, and often
there are no regular visits to qualified specialists who could help coaches to improve their own
well-being. All of this contributes to discomfort, pain, and ill health among fitness coaches on
a daily basis. Therefore, this issue needs to be addressed at the industry level.
and muscle sprains and inflammations, psycho-emotional issues, burnout, and other problems
among trainers are not treated in due course and contribute to the inability to work in the
future. The profession of a fitness trainer is quite challenging - heavy workload, highly
changing environment, noise, the risk factor, high responsibility, high flow of people, high
competition, and a relatively low salary. Every day, fitness trainers help others to improve
their health and appearance. However, trainers often forget about how much the specifics of
their work can harm themselves. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the
work specifics of fitness trainers and how it affects the well-being of trainers in Latvia.
Methods: An anonymous online survey was conducted to achieve this goal. The survey
consisted of 26 closed-ended questions with multiple-choice answers and the possibility to
add one's own response option. The survey was divided into blocks, namely qualification and
work experience, work specifics and conditions, rest and recovery, characteristics of wellbeing. In total, 141 fitness trainers from Latvia participated in the study, of which 92 were
women and 49 were men. For data analysis, the SPSS 18.0 software was used for performing
mathematical and descriptive statistics.
Results: Analysing the obtained results, it can be concluded that fitness trainers in Latvia have
a very heavy workload on a daily basis, there is practically no opportunity to rest and recover
between the training sessions, there are very few or no days off at all, there is often no time
and energy to fully and qualitatively focus on one's own body and physical form, and often
there are no regular visits to qualified specialists who could help coaches to improve their own
well-being. All of this contributes to discomfort, pain, and ill health among fitness coaches on
a daily basis. Therefore, this issue needs to be addressed at the industry level.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 39 |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
| Event | The 17th Conference of Baltic Society of Sport Sciences - Institute of Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy, Tartu, Estonia Duration: 24 Apr 2024 → 26 Apr 2024 https://sporditeadused.ut.ee/et/sisu/17th-conference-baltic-society-sport-sciences |
Conference
| Conference | The 17th Conference of Baltic Society of Sport Sciences |
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| Country/Territory | Estonia |
| City | Tartu |
| Period | 24/04/24 → 26/04/24 |
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Field of Science*
- 3.3 Health sciences
Publication Type*
- 3.4. Other publications in conference proceedings (including local)