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Gonzalo Marchant¹, Bastien Soulé², Natacha Heutte¹

¹Centre d'études des transformations des activités physiques et sportives, CETAPS, UR 3832, Université de Rouen-Normandie, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.

Sante Publique (Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, France)

|June 23, 2025

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During lockdown, many used digital exercise tools for expert guidance and motivation. Post-lockdown, most users abandoned these tools, highlighting the need to assess their long-term public health effectiveness.

Area of Science:

Exercise science
Digital health
Behavioral science

Context:

COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns led to widespread closure of sports facilities.
This necessitated a shift towards home-based physical activity solutions.
Digital exercise tools emerged as a primary alternative for maintaining fitness.

Purpose:

To investigate the motivations behind using digital exercise tools during lockdown.
To analyze changes in digital tool usage patterns after lockdown restrictions eased.
To understand the long-term adoption and effectiveness of these technologies.

Summary:

A study of 196 individuals during and after lockdown revealed that digital exercise tool usage was primarily driven by the need for expert guidance and overcoming home-exercise motivation deficits.

Keywords:

apps internet lockdown physical activity qualitative.quantitative

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Quantitative data indicated users were typically young, educated adults, with 50% trying these tools for the first time.

Post-lockdown, 82% discontinued use, with perceived usefulness during the pandemic being a key factor for initial adoption.

Impact:

The findings underscore the temporary nature of digital tool adoption for exercise, largely influenced by external circumstances like lockdowns.
There is a critical need to evaluate the quality and efficacy of digital exercise tools for sustained public health and fitness initiatives.
Future research should focus on strategies to promote long-term engagement with digital health technologies beyond crisis periods.