Videos available on youtube™ supporting home exercise during the

Objective: To characterize videos with content supporting the practice of physical exercises performed at home during the quarantine period, available on the YouTube™ platform. Method: The search was performed using the terms: “Training Quarantine”, “Training Coronavirus”, and “Training COVID”, identifying videos published between March 20th and June 30th, 2020. Results: A total of 386 videos were analyzed; in March and April, there were a greater number of videos published (34.72% and 40.93%, respectively). The self-employed professional channels were the ones that posted the most (56.99%), and the average numbers of views, “likes” and “dislikes” were 9,084,350.47, 780,056.74 and 6.86, respectively. In addition, 92.49% of the authors of the videos were trained in Physical Education, 97.15% of the videos did not specify a target audienceand 68.91% emphasized training for the whole body. The average durations of the short and long duration videos were 00:05:18 and 00:39:10, respectively. There was a very strong positive correlation between the number of views and the number of “likes”. There was a moderate positive correlation (p<0.01) for duration of short presentation videos vs. number of views and also for duration vs. “likes”. As for total duration, these videos showed a weak negative correlation between the duration and the number of views. Conclusion: Practicing exercises at home through YouTube™ videos is an adopted strategy that grew up during the quarantine and can help maintain an active life. However, it is necessary to be cautious, respect physical limitations and appreciate the use of reliable videos, posted by trained professionals, containing a complete demonstration of the exercises, including the number of sets and repetitions.