Table 3.

Overview of the 12-week experimental intervention: the HOMEfit exercise programme

Session no.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Intervention week no.	1	2	4	5	7	8	11	12
Type of contact	face-to-face	face-to-face	face-to-face	by telephone	face-to-face	by telephone	face-to-face	by telephone
Main topic	Getting started	Strength	Endurance	PA and specific medical conditions	Balance	Barriers and resources to PA	Flexibility	Living an active life
Beginning	Motives for participation Current PA behaviour and exercise biography	Identification of state of health and feeling Action control-Reflection of the previous week(s) Clarification of session topic
Theoretical part	General health benefits of PA, recommendations for health-enhancing PA Goal setting for the end of the intervention The programme, organisational aspects Begin exercising-hints and safety tips	Significance of strength for health and everyday life How to improve strength	Significance of endurance for health and everyday life How to improve endurance	Benefits of PA for prevention and treatment of a specific medical condition, e.g. coronary heart disease, diabetes, or arthritis (according to patient's choice)	Significance of balance for health and everyday life (fear of falling) How to improve balance	Identification of individual barriers and resources to physical activity (significance of social support) Strategies for dealing with barriers	Significance of flexibility for health and everyday life How to improve flexibility	Lifestyle PA Staying physically active Falling back into inactive behaviour
Practice	Body perception: Active standing Warm-up programme	Warm-up programme Strength exercises	Warm-up programme Short walking session outside		Warm-up programme Balance exercises		Warm-up programme Flexibility exercises
Conclusion	Goal setting and action planning for the following week	Goal setting and action planning for the following two weeks	Goal setting and action planning for the following week	Goal setting and action planning for the following two weeks	Goal setting and action planning for the following week	Goal setting, action planning and coping planning for the following three weeks	Goal setting, action planning and coping planning for the following week	Goal setting, action planning and coping planning for the near future

PA = physical activity