Hong Kong Youths Involvement in Fitness

Hong Kong Youths Involvement in Fitness
Hong Kong Youths Involvement in Fitness
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Hong Kong Youths Involvement in Fitness
Fitness
The term fitness on the other hand is a broad term that can assume various definitions depending
on the context with which the terms itself is used. In our case for instance, the term fitness may
refer to a state of complete health and general well being (Janssen & LeBlanc, 2010). There are
various levels of fitness depending on a person and these levels of fitness can be achieved by
engaging oneself in various activities such as workouts, hitting the gym etc. Different levels of
fitness have been known to exist and different persons pursue different levels of fitness. There
are certain instances, however, that you find a person pursuing more than one type of fitness. The
commonly known types of fitness include aerobic fitness, muscular strength and endurance
which is based on the masculinity of the body and how the muscles can endure periods of intense
pressure among others (Gibson, Wagner, Heyward, 2018).
Intrinsic motivation
Intrinsic motivation is quite dynamic and unique in nature. This is so because it categorically
distinguishes between external and internal reward. What is meant here is that intrinsic
motivation is a kind of motivation that occurs when one acts without any form of obvious
external rewards that are going to be presented to them (Csikszentmihalyi, 2014). Its often more
driven by the inward feeling of internal satisfaction and a persons who pursues it tends does so
because they actually see an opportunity or rather they want to learn and/or explore.
It is however to note that the most important aspect of intrinsic motivation is the issue of internal
satisfaction. Internal motivation is often related to doing something because of pure enjoyment
and pleasure that comes as a result of getting involved in that particular activity. Therefore, when
a person pursues something because of other aspects such as exploration, enjoyment and not a