Abstract

RODRIGUES, Jorge Pereira; TRIANI, Felipe da Silva; MALINA, André  and  TELLES, Silvio de Cassio Costa. From the treadmills to the streets: factors that take students from the gym to the street races. Rev. Motriviv. [online]. 2019, vol.31, n.60, e57308.  Epub Dec 05, 2019. ISSN 2175-8042.  https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2019e57308.

The study sought to know and discuss the factors that lead a group of students of academies in Rio de Janeiro practicing treadmill for the practice of street races. To reach it, 10 male and 10 female runners were interviewed. The interviews were handled through the content analysis technique. The results revealed the composition of groups, the health discourse, the presence of competition and the culture of consumption as the factors that lead the students of academies to the practices of street races. Therefore, the study concluded that replacing mats on the streets is a multifactorial decision.

Keywords : Sports science; Physical activity; Health.

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