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The participants were 108 adolescents (58 girls 16.0 \u00b1 0.92 years). Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) was assessed using the Yo-YoITL1, and the push-up test was used to evaluate strength. Body composition was measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis. The intervention was applied in the first 10\u201315 min of each Physical Education class (PEC), twice a week, for 16 weeks and ranged from 14 to 20 all-out bouts intervals, adopting a 2:1 work to rest ratio. A cut-point of \u226590% of the maximal heart rate (HR) was used as a criterion for satisfactory compliance with high-intensity exercise. Volition intensity was assessed through a forearm wearable plethysmography heart rate sensor to ensure compliance with the exercise stimulus at the predetermined target HR zone. Motivation was estimated with a validated questionnaire (BREQ-3). Mediation effects were estimated using bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals and were deemed significant if zero was not included in the intervals, and values below 0.05 were considered to indicate statistical significance. The mediation analysis revealed a non-significant indirect effect of physical fitness through motivation on exercise intensity, specifically on CRF (B = \u22120.0355, 95% BootCI [\u22120.5838; 0.4559]), muscular fitness (B = \u22120.7284, 95% BootCI [\u22122.0272; 0.2219]) and body fat (B = 0.5092, 95% BootCI [\u22120.4756; 1.6934]). These results suggest that high or low values of motivation did not increase or decrease volitional high-intensity exercise, and lower levels of fitness (CRF, muscular and body fat) were associated with higher volitional exercise intensity. These findings highlight the need for regular moderate-to-vigorous physical exercise for maintaining or improving physical fitness, regardless of motivation regulations, and emphasize the importance of new strategies in PEC with acute vigorous-intensity activities that retain the health-enhancing effects.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/healthcare11060800","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,9]],"date-time":"2023-03-09T03:03:23Z","timestamp":1678331003000},"page":"800","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Mediating Effect of Motivation on the Relationship of Fitness with Volitional High-Intensity Exercise in High-School Students"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0794-5587","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andr\u00e9","family":"Bento","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), Department of Sport and Health, School of Health and Human Development, University of \u00c9vora, 7004-516 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4163-3050","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luis","family":"Carrasco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"BIOFANEX Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Seville, Pirotecnia St., E-41013 Seville, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9753-8381","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Armando","family":"Raimundo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), Department of Sport and Health, School of Health and Human Development, University of \u00c9vora, 7004-516 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1071","DOI":"10.1007\/s40279-014-0187-5","article-title":"A review of adolescent high-intensity interval training","volume":"44","author":"Logan","year":"2014","journal-title":"Sport. 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