Females exhibit lower levels of physical exercise performance than males. It seems that gender factor motivates people differently, in performing regular exercise. Our objective was to determine the relationship between 21 motivating reasons for performing physical exercise and genders. We found that males showed significantly higher means score in two motivating reasons; to have a positive effect on the sex life (4.18±1.01, p<0.001) and to have more energy to go about the daily chores Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v2i8.68 Al Kubaisy, W., et.al. / Asian Journal of Quality of Life, AjQoL, 2(8) Oct / Dec 2017 (p.35-43) 36
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IntroductionPhysical exercise; is a physical activity that is planned, structured, repetitive, and purposeful in the objective to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness. (Akemi et al., 2011; Aura ,Silvia,& Sorin,2014). Engagement in physical exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Several authors (Aura et al., 2014;Sabina, Alina & Bogdan, 2014) stated that in order to achieve the health benefits of physical activity it is important to exercise regularly.The USA Department of Health and Human Services (2008), recommends that healthy adults should get per week a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity or 75 minutes as vigorous-intensity aerobic exercise, or a combination of the two (two days doing 20 -25 minutes of vigorous exercise and two days doing 30 minutes of moderate exercise).Physical exercise is of various types such as; Aerobic exercise "also called cardiovascular exercise" moves the large muscle groups with alternate contraction and relaxation, forces to deep breath, heart to pump more blood with adequate tissue oxygenation. Examples are; walking, running, jogging, swimming. The anaerobic exercise, there is forceful contraction of muscle with stretching, usually mechanically aided and help to build up muscle strength and muscle bulk. Examples are; weight lifting, pulling, pushing, and sprinting. Flexibility exercise is one type of stretching exercise to improve the movements of muscles, joints, and ligaments (Siddiqui, Nessa & Hossain, 2010).Pedersen (2013), described that most of the exercise's benefits were mediated through the role of skeletal muscle. With the muscle contraction, myokines will be released, which promoting; the growth of new tissue, tissue repair, and multiple anti-inflammatory functions, which in turn reduce the risk of developing various inflammatory diseases. Thus, there is a body of evidence regarding the effectiveness of regular physical exercise in the primary and secondary prevention of several...
