• Weight loss

• Increased muscle mass

• Improved endurance

• Improved energy

• Improved function/ability to perform activities of daily living

• Decreased pain

• Decreased fatigue

• Improved sleep

“I slept better, I ate better, I felt better, had more energy.” (INT-1)“I lost all my joint pain.” (INT-3)“It's like, this is, it's like a life saver! So, I feel that if I hadn't…been participating in this I think I would, instead of losing weight and gaining muscle and losing fat, that I would probably be the same as I was before or even gaining more weight.” (INT-4)

• Improved confidence

• Improved self-esteem and body image

• Decreased stress and anxiety

• Improved mood

• Sense of accomplishment, feeling proud

“Certainly the increased energy level. Sense of well-being. Sense of accomplishment.” (INT-3)“I looked good in front of my father, he didn't see a son that was sick and who would be dying soon. He saw a healthy son.” (INT-2)“Probably the anxiety was related to underlying depression or those feelings of fear and failure, and on the positive side, I found it really helped to make me feel better after the exercise.” (INT 7)

• Improved relationships with family members, partners or friends

“It helped with building family bonds […] going to the gym gets me physically active and gives me the abilities that when I leave the gym, I can go running in the park with the kids.” (INT-2)“I met some people there that were also exercising and I think this was another motivator, that I would see them at the gym. So I was more motivated because I was looking [forward] to see them at the class or um at the treadmills or somewhere.” (INT-7)