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    Sustainability in the Portuguese Fitness Industry
    (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025) Pedragosa, Vera; Magano, José; Addolorato, Silvio; Gonçalves, Celina; Grimladi Puyana, Moisés; García Fernández, Jerónimo; Mohammadi, Sardar; Gálvez Ruiz, Pablo
    The chapter aims to present what has been achieved in terms of sustainability by fitness centers in Portugal. And, at the same time, to enable Portugal to achieve the 17 sustainability objective, this study presents three projects that are underway in Portugal.
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    Sustainability perceptions on behavioural intentions in fitness centres facilities
    (European Association for Sport Management, 2025) Gonçalves, Celina; Pedragosa, Vera; Addolorato, Silvio
    This study aims to analyse how members’ perceptions of sustainability influence their behavioural intentions in fitness centres (FC). How do members perceive the sustainability practices, and how do these perceptions influence their satisfaction and behavioural intentions?
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    The fitness “working class” and its relationship with fitness equipment: a systematic review
    (2024) Addolorato, Silvio; García Fernández, José Luis; Gallardo, Leonor; García Unanue, Jorge Fernando
    Fitness equipment nowadays represent something common in human beings daily life routines. For this reason, the number of sector professionals and human resources are quantitatively and significantly increasing worldwide. This paper provides a comprehensive systematic review of the current status of scientific research on field workers in relation to the usage of fitness products and resources.
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    Are gait characteristics and ground reaction forces related to energy cost of running in elite Kenyan runners?
    (2016) Santos-Concejero, Jordán; Tam, N.; Coetzee, D. R.; Oliván Mallén, Jesús; Noakes, Timothy D.; Tucker, Ross
    The aim of this study was to determine whether gait cycle characteristics are associated with running economy in elite Kenyan runners. Fifteen elite Kenyan male runners completed two constant-speed running sets on a treadmill (12 km ·h−1 and 20 km ·h−1). VO2 and respiratory exchange ratio values were measured to calculate steady-state oxygen and energy cost of running. Gait cycle characteristics and ground contact forces were measured at each speed. Oxygen cost of running at different velocities was 192.2 ± 14.7 ml· kg−1· km−1 at 12 km· h−1 and 184.8 ± 9.9 ml· kg−1· km−1 at 20 km· h−1, which corresponded to a caloric cost of running of 0.94 ± 0.07 kcal ·kg−1·km−1 and 0.93 ± 0.07 kcal· kg−1· km−1. We found no significant correlations between oxygen and energy cost of running and biomechanical variables and ground reaction forces at either 12 or 20 km· h−1. However, ground contact times were ~10.0% shorter (very large effect) than in previously published literature in elite runners at similar speeds, alongside an 8.9% lower oxygen cost (very large effect). These results provide evidence to hypothesise that the short ground contact times may contribute to the exceptional running economy of Kenyan runners.