Are You Choosing the Right Workout for Your Personality Type? Study Provides Insights
A new study published in Frontiers in Psychology by researchers at University College London (UCL) suggests that matching exercise to personality traits could be the key to helping people stick with fitness routines and reduce stress. The study highlights how personality influences exercise enjoyment, offering a potential path to more effective, personalized fitness interventions.
The new study aimed to explore how personality traits influence both enjoyment and adherence to exercise, and the resulting impact on fitness and stress levels.
Researchers recruited 132 volunteers with varying fitness backgrounds. Participants were assigned either to an eight-week cycling and strength-training programme or a resting control group. Baseline fitness was assessed using press-ups, planks, countermovement jumps, and VO₂ max testing. Participants also completed the Big 5 personality assessment, which categorizes individuals by dominant traits: extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness. Enjoyment ratings and stress levels were tracked throughout.
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