Adhesion and permanence in women's boxing in Curitiba-PR

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Bruna Bárbara Proença Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Cavichiolli, Fernando Renato, Capraro, André Mendes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Motrivivência (Florianópolis)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/motrivivencia/article/view/2175-8042.2015v27n45p124

The study sought to understand motivations which lead women to enter and remain in women's boxing in four fitness centers in Curitiba / PR, since there is great looking female of this way that reality. Were performed semi-structured interviews with 08 women practitioners of the sport were held for at least six months, which were analyzed according to the following themes: health / beauty, choice of sport, encouragement and socializing, sport for men. It was found that the main reasons for joining are the location, sociability and environment, and for the stay, the high energy expenditure (aesthetic purposes) and the dynamism of the sport. In addition to factors that converge to the adhesion and permanence, such as the environment and the reduction and control of stress. Thus, women seek this practice by anxieties that go far beyond the traditional boxing, and this insertion movement tends to rise more and more.