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The present study has found that of motivational factors based on general characteristics of health club users, enjoyment, physical conditions, and physical fitness for health ranked significantly higher among men than among women, while unmotivated factors ranked significantly higher among women than among men. By age group, those in their 20s showed the most significant difference in sociality, while those in their 40s did so in technical development and external ostentation. In terms of the period of participation, enjoyment, physical conditions, and physical fitness for health ranked significantly high among those who used health clubs for three years or longer. In terms of the frequency of participation, enjoyment and physical conditions ranked significantly high among those who used health clubs almost every day, while unmotivated factors ranked significantly high among those who used health clubs once or twice a month. In terms of hours of participation, technical development and enjoyment ranked significantly high among those who used health clubs for two to three hours a day. In terms of physical self-efficacy, perceived physical ability ranked higher among men than among women. By age group, it ranked highest among those in their 30s, while by period of participation, it ranked highest among those who used health clubs for three years or longer. In terms of physical self-presentation confidence, those who used health clubs almost every day showed the most significant difference based on the frequency of participation, whereas those who used health clubs for two to three hours a day showed the most significant difference based on hours of participation. In lower factors of motivation and physical self-efficacy, there were both positive and negative correlations.