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Table 2.

Stages of change movement with personal training program.

Initial stage	Initial number in each stage	Finished in …
Initial stage	Initial number in each stage	Stage 1^a	Stage 2^a	Stage 3^a	Stage 4^a	Stage 5^a
Stage 1	2	0 (0%)^nc	1 (50%)^↑	1 (50%)^↑↑	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Stage 2	26	0 (0%)	4 (15%)^nc	11 (42%)^↑	11 (42%)^↑↑	0 (0%)
Stage 3	62	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	15 (24%)^nc	46 (74%)^↑	1 (2%)^↑↑
Stage 4	12	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (8%)^↓	8 (67%)^nc	3 (25%)^↑
Stage 5	27	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	27 (100%)^nc

Stage 1 = Pre-contemplation; Stage 2 = Contemplation; Stage 3 = Preparation; Stage 4 = Action; Stage 5 = Maintenance.

^a The first number in each row below is the number that finished in that stage and the number in parenthesis is the percent that finished in that stage.

^nc = Number and percent with no change in stage movement;

↑ = moved up one stage;

↑↑ = moved up 2 stages;

↓ = moved down one stage.