Contextualising flexible nonlinear periodization as a person-adaptive behavioral model for exercise maintenance

There is a growing focus on developing person-adaptive strategies to support sustained exercise behaviour, necessitating conceptual models to guide future research and applications. This paper introduces Flexible nonlinear periodisation (FNLP) - a proposed, but underdeveloped person-adaptive model o...

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Published in:Health psychology review 2024-06, Vol.18 (2), p.285-298
Main Authors: Strohacker, Kelley, Sudeck, Gorden, Keegan, Richard, Ibrahim, Adam H., Beaumont, Cory T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Autonomy
autoregulation
conceptual model
Conceptual models
Conditioning
Disease prevention
Emotional responses
Evidence based research
Exercise
Goal setting
Health Behavior
health behaviour
Health Promotion
Humans
Models, Psychological
physical activity
Precision behavioural medicine
prevention
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Summary:There is a growing focus on developing person-adaptive strategies to support sustained exercise behaviour, necessitating conceptual models to guide future research and applications. This paper introduces Flexible nonlinear periodisation (FNLP) - a proposed, but underdeveloped person-adaptive model originating in sport-specific conditioning - that, pending empirical refinement and evaluation, may be applied in health promotion and disease prevention settings. To initiate such efforts, the procedures of FNLP (i.e., acutely and dynamically matching exercise demand to individual assessments of mental and physical readiness) are integrated with contemporary health behaviour evidence and theory to propose a modified FNLP model and to show hypothesised pathways by which FNLP may support exercise adherence (e.g., flexible goal setting, management of affective responses, and provision of autonomy/variety-support). Considerations for future research are also provided to guide iterative, evidence-based efforts for further development, acceptability, implementation, and evaluation.
ISSN:1743-7199
1743-7202
1743-7202
DOI:10.1080/17437199.2023.2233592