The purpose of this work was to assess how a physical activities program affects recreational habits, in other words, to determine the nature of the preferred recreational physical activities of carpentry workers at UNICAMP (UNICAMP - University of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil).Accordingly, we selected 40 male volunteers (n=40) and we elaborated a physical activities program that was implemented during working hours. We also dealt with issues relating to healthy living practices, including recommendations concerning the importance of practicing physical activities during recreation time. This program lasted 8 months, with two one-hour sessions each week. A group of 10 workers, denominated Group II, participated only to the fifth month, however we maintained contact with its members and oriented them regarding the aforementioned issues throughout the full program term, we called the volunteers that completed the program Group III (n=30).
Physical Activity; Leisure; Health; Quality of Life
