Your personality might be the key to a consistent workout
A new research published in Frontiers in Psychology, postulates that personality traits can influence which physical activities people enjoy, as well as how often and how much benefit they get from exercise.
Scientists at University College London explained that about 31% of adults are unable to even complete 150 minutes of their recommended physical activity per week.
In an official press release, senior author Paul Burgess, a professor at the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, said, “Understanding personality factors in designing and recommending physical activity programs is likely to be very important in determining how successful a program is, and whether people will stick with it and become fitter.”
Inside the study: how it worked
For this research, the scientists recruited 132 adults and split them into two groups. For the duration of the research, 8 weeks, one group asked to follow a home fitness routine that included strength training and cycling workouts at varying intensities. Meanwhile, those in the control group stuck to stretching exercises and continued with their usual daily routines.
It’s easy to assume that introverts would prefer solo workouts while extroverts thrive in group fitness settings—but the study revealed a few surprises.
To start, all volunteers completed questionnaires measuring the Big Five personality traits: agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism, and openness.
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