Joomla! site syndication http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book 2010-09-06T17:49:14+01:00 http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2010-07-27T09:45:33+01:00 http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&Itemid=109 Q I have trouble sticking to an exercise plan once I start. How can I exercise more consistently?A People who struggle to be physically active on a regular basis often cite reasons such as lack of time, boredom or dislike for traditional exercise. While these issues appear to be true challenges, they are often only symptoms of the real problem, which is a mismatch betweena person’s approach to exercise and their personality.Understanding and embracing your fitness personality is the best way to maximize your success with consistent fitness. Consider your natural strengths, preferences and tendencies. Do you like to exercise alone or with others? Do you need to have fun while exercising or would you approach it in the same manner as work? Would you rather be indoors or outdoors? Do you like physical activity to be obvious or disguised as something else?Use the answers to these questions to choose activities you’ll most enjoy and find rewarding. Keep in mind that all forms of physical activity – from treadmills and gyms to dancing lessons, gardening, or skiing – improve fitness and health. Let your personality lead the way.Discover your fitness personality by taking an eight minute quiz based on the Myers-Briggs personality test by visiting www.the8colors.com. You’ll use personalized information to create an exercise plan you’ll never quit! text/html 2010-06-11T09:57:53+01:00 http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=108 GET FIT! Fittest Losers' guide to getting in shape What color is your workout?by Kent McDillDaily Herald CorrespondentYou have tried to build a personal workout plan, but it hasn't been satisfying, or successful.Your best friend suggests a workout regimen but it just isn't right for you.There is a way to determine the best kind of workout plan for you, and it depends upon your personality type.A book titled The 8 Colors of Fitness: Discover Your Color-Coded Fitness perosonality by Suzanne Brue can assist you in determining how best to go about becoming more fit. It is a system that determines your personality type and then describes a fitness system that works best with your personality.The book was given to each of the five contestants in the Daily Herald's Fittest Loser contest as a way to help them determine the workout plan that was best suited for their personality.As describedby Brue on her website, www.the8colors.com, the system came about after years of working with teh Myers-Briggs personality assessment. ... text/html 2010-05-15T10:33:01+01:00 http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105 (http://www.personalitypathways.com/article/brue-type.html) May 2010 | by Linda V. Berens The 8 Colors of Exercise FitnessAn interview with Suzanne Brue (ENFJ), author of The 8 Colors of Fitness. Interviewed by Linda Berens (INTP)LB (Linda Berens): Suzanne, what is the 8 Colors of Fitness?SB (Suzanne Brue): The 8 Colors of Fitness ™ is a personality centered approach to exercise grounded in the personality type framework popularized by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® instrument.The 8 Colors is based on 8 preference pairs each corresponding to a Color. By understanding your Fitness Personality you gain an understanding of your motivational patterns, preferred interactions, and environments, and can more effectively choose specific forms of physical activity that are best for you and you will stick with. For instance, some people are traditional and conservative in their approach to exercise while others seek variety and cutting-edge information. Some enjoy solitude and consider exercise a moving meditation while others prefer a fast-paces class with energetic music. In exercise as in everything else, it’s “different strokes for different folks.”LB: Why did you decide to focus on exercise and type?SB: It combines two of my passions—type and fitness. I have studied type for many years, and also have been an avid exerciser. I made the connection between type and exercise in 2001 while observing my mother (ESFJ) in a physical therapy session. I noticed that the physical therapist was being vague in his instructions. I thought to myself, “not good.” I could see that he wasn’t getting through to her about what she needed to do to heal her rotator cuff. I made some suggestions to the physical therapist such as to teach her the exercises step-by- step, make sure she was comfortable that her form was correct, and to be very specific about how many sets and reps she should do of each exercise. I also suggested that he give her positive feedback when she was doing each exercise correctly. My mother was very pleased with these recommendations, and went on to a better recovery.I remember being excited by this insight and immediately saw the application to exercise— an Ni moment. I suppose I wanted to find a way to use what I knew about type to help improve people’s lives. I was curious about the exercise patterns of the different types. Why is it that in spite of their best intentions, the majority of the population has difficulty sticking to an exercise program, while others are able to stay active year after year? I wanted to understand the personality piece--it became a fascinating puzzle.Click here to continue reading article: Articles on MBTI ® applications Personality Types text/html 2009-12-18T21:02:28+01:00 http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103&Itemid=104 The secret to staying fit? Knowing which exercises are best suited to your character traits. Take our quiz and discover your fitness personality Perhaps the only thing more challenging than getting in shape is staying in shape. “Most of us think that using the right machine or following a certain workout is what will keep us fit,” says Suzanne Brue, a Myers-Briggs personality assessment specialist in Burlington, Vt., and author of The 8 Colors of Fitness (2008). “In reality, doing any activity that doesn't suite who your are at your core will feel like a chore—and you won't stick to a consistent routine.” Brue argues that in order to stay fit, you need to consider your personality when selecting a workout regimen. For example, if you're an adventurous type who comes alive outside, you're better off trail running than using a rowing machines. And if you are an independent soul who likes having time for quiet contemplation, you'll probably prefer yoga to a high-energy aerobics class. “Being active is in our DNA,” says Brue. “Once you find the right activity for you, exercising stops being something on your to-do list and becomes an opportunity to feel engaged, stimulated and motivated.” To discover your fitness “color,” take the personality quiz on the next page (or here online (http://the8colors.com/HTML-QUIZ.asp))—then read on to find the exercises that'll help you stay fit for life. text/html 2009-12-05T12:09:02+01:00 http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book http://the8colorsoffitness.com/book/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=101&Itemid=103 Understanding fitness personality revolutionizing how people and organizations approach exercise Suzanne Brue develops colour-coded methodology founded on Myers-Briggs Wednesday December 2, 2009 — by Jennifer Higgs While many organizations have been using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator for years, a new application is set to revolutionize corporate wellness programs though matching employees to their personal fitness colour. Suzanne Brue is the author of The 8 Colors of Fitness: Discover Your Color-Coded Fitness Personality and Create an Exercise Program You'll Never Quit and president of the Association for Psychological Type International. Suzanne Brue The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/) is a personality assessment tool with a total of 16 different types. As a Myers-Briggs practitioner and regular exerciser for years, Brue developed the idea to combine the two fields when she was watching a physical therapist work with her mother. Knowing her mother’s Myers-Briggs personality type, Brue could see the instructions were not clear enough. Brue noted a huge difference after she suggested the therapist tell her mother how many reps and sets needed for each exercise.