Table 3 Descriptive statistics of the sportive background of participants
|  | Answers | Total (N = 285) | Male (n = 101) | Female (n = 184) | Age group 18–25 years | Age group 26–36 years | ||||
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Total (n = 230) | Male (n = 74) | Female (n = 156) | Total (n = 55) | Male (n = 27) | Female (n = 28) | |||||
Exercise frequency per week | 0 | 13 (4.6%) | 3 (3.0%) | 10 (5.4%) | 11 (4.8%) | 3 (4.1%) | 8 (5.1%) | 2 (3.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (7.1%) |
1 | 28 (9.8%) | 3 (3.0%) | 25 (13.6%) | 18 (7.8%) | 2 (2.7%) | 16 (10.3%) | 10 (18.2%) | 1 (3.7%) | 9 (32.1%) | |
2 | 44 (15.4%) | 9 (8.9%) | 35 (19.0%) | 36 (15.7%) | 7 (9.5%) | 29 (18.6%) | 8 (14.5%) | 2 (7.4%) | 6 (21.4%) | |
3 | 64 (22.5%) | 23 (22.8%) | 41 (22.3%) | 52 (22.6%) | 15 (20.3%) | 37 (23.7%) | 12 (21.8%) | 8 (29.6%) | 4 (14.3%) | |
4 | 50 (17.5%) | 19 (18.8%) | 31 (16.8%) | 45 (19.6%) | 15 (20.3%) | 30 (19.2%) | 5 (9.1%) | 4 (14.8%) | 1 (3.6%) | |
5 | 43 (15.1%) | 24 (23.8%) | 19 (10.3%) | 32 (13.9%) | 15 (20.3%) | 17 (10.9%) | 11 (20.0%) | 9 (33.3%) | 2 (7.1%) | |
6 | 29 (10.2%) | 14 (13.9%) | 15 (8.2%) | 23 (10.0%) | 12 (16.2%) | 11 (7.1%) | 6 (10.9%) | 2 (7.4%) | 4 (14.3%) | |
7 | 14 (4.9%) | 6 (5.9%) | 8 (4.3%) | 13 (5.7%) | 5 (6.8%) | 8 (5.1%) | 1 (1.8%) | 1 (3.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Training duration |  < 30 min | 27 (9.5%) | 3 (3.0%) | 24 (13.0%) | 21 (9.1%) | 2 (2.7%) | 19 (12.2%) | 6 (10.9%) | 1 (3.7%) | 5 (17.9%) |
31–45 min | 47 (16.5%) | 11 (10.9%) | 36 (19.6%) | 37 (16.1%) | 9 (12.2%) | 28 (17.9%) | 10 (18.2%) | 2 (7.4%) | 8 (28.6%) | |
46–60 min | 84 (29.5%) | 21 (20.8%) | 63 (34.2%) | 67 (29.1%) | 13 (17.6%) | 54 (34.6%) | 17 (30.9%) | 8 (29.6%) | 9 (32.1%) | |
61–90 min | 101 (34.4%) | 55 (54.5%) | 46 (25.0%) | 83 (36.1%) | 42 (56.8%) | 41 (26.3%) | 18 (32.7%) | 13 (48.1%) | 5 (17.9%) | |
 > 90 min | 26 (9.1%) | 11 (10.9%) | 15 (8.2%) | 22 (9.6%) | 8 (10.8%) | 14 (9.0%) | 4 (7.3%) | 3 (11.1%) | 1 (3.6%) | |
Main sport | Endurance sports | 92 (32.3%) | 26 (25.7%) | 66 (35.9%) | 73 (31.7%) | 17 (23.0%) | 56 (35.9%) | 19 (34.5%) | 9 (33.3%) | 10 (35.7%) |
Resistance training/athletic sports | 104 (36.5%) | 48 (47.5%) | 56 (30.4%) | 87 (37.8%) | 37 (50.0%) | 50 (32.1%) | 17 (30.9%) | 11 (40.7%) | 6 (21.4%) | |
Team sports | 39 (13.7%) | 17 (16.8%) | 22 (12.0%) | 34 (14.8%) | 14 (18.9%) | 20 (12.8%) | 5 (9.1%) | 3 (11.1%) | 2 (7.1%) | |
Others | 50 (17.5%) | 10 (9.9%) | 40 (21.7%) | 36 (15.7%) | 6 (8.1%) | 30 (19.2%) | 14 (25.5%) | 4 (14.8%) | 10 (35.7%) | |
Organizational form | Sports club | 69 (24.2%) | 22 (21.8%) | 47 (25.5%) | 62 (27.0%) | 16 (21.6%) | 46 (29.5%) | 7 (12.7%) | 6 (22.2%) | 1 (3.6%) |
Commercial provider (e.g. fitness center) | 87 (30.5%) | 42 (41.6%) | 44 (23.9%) | 71 (30.9%) | 35 (47.3%) | 36 (23.1%) | 16 (29.1%) | 7 (25.9%) | 9 (32.1%) | |
Independent/self-organized | 129 (45.3%) | 37 (36.6%) | 92 (50%) | 97 (42.2%) | 23 (31.1%) | 74 (47.4%) | 35 (63.6%) | 14 (51.9%) | 18 (64.3%) | |