What’s Your Fitness Personality?

If you don’t read Experience Life magazine from Lifetime Fitness, I would recommend getting it or following them on Twitter. They put out some very interesting articles on expercise and food.

One that I found interesting was about Fitness Personalities. By using the Myers-Briggs test as a framework, Suzanne Brue developed 8 different categories (I’m a white). Given the difficulty of making exercise a lifetime habit for many of us, this could be a helpful framework for understanding what works, what doesn’t work, and with some rationale for why.

Here’s the quick summary:

• Blues are safety-conscious, and good at creating their own space and concentrating in a gym.
• Golds are traditional, conservative, and like to share their exercise experiences and results with others.
• Greens are nature lovers who enjoy outdoor activities.
• Reds like to live in the moment and compete in team sports.
• Whites prefer to plan, hate to be rushed and are visionary types who enjoy calm spaces.
• Saffrons like to express themselves as individuals and are attracted to spontaneous, engaging activities.
• Purples are routine-oriented and enjoy repetition.
• Silvers like exercise to be disguised as fun.