The Effectiveness of Personal Training on Changing Attitudes Towards Physical Activity

Table 2. Stages of change movement with personal training program.

Initial stage	Initial number in each stage	Finished in …
Initial stage	Initial number in each stage	Stage 1^a	Stage 2^a	Stage 3^a	Stage 4^a	Stage 5^a
Stage 1	2	0 (0%)^nc	1 (50%)â†‘	1 (50%)â†‘â†‘	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Stage 2	26	0 (0%)	4 (15%)^nc	11 (42%)â†‘	11 (42%)â†‘â†‘	0 (0%)
Stage 3	62	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	15 (24%)^nc	46 (74%)â†‘	1 (2%)â†‘â†‘
Stage 4	12	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (8%)â†“	8 (67%)^nc	3 (25%)â†‘
Stage 5	27	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	27 (100%)^nc

Stage 1 = Pre-contemplation; Stage 2 = Contemplation; Stage 3 = Preparation; Stage 4 = Action; Stage 5 = Maintenance. The first number in each row below is the number that finished in that stage and the number in parenthesis is the percent that finished in that stage. = Number and percent with no change in stage movement;â†‘ = moved up one stage;â†‘â†‘ = moved up 2 stages;â†“ = moved down one stage.