Saffron

Making workouts into play

Saffrons like activities that are flexible, convenient and provide opportunity for spontaneity and self-expression. Saffrons tend to lose interest in anything too organized. Easily bored and internally demanding, Saffrons enjoy challenging activities with the right combination of fun, freedom, and flow.

Motivation, Approach and Focus

Saffrons prefer an easygoing and casual lifestyle and exercise that requires minimal process or advance planning. This creates more opportunities to enjoy the kick they get when life hands them the unexpected.

Though Saffrons like being physically active, routines and schedules that limit their flexibility soon become burdens that inhibit rather than encourage physical activity.

For Saffrons, every step in preparation to exercise is another opportunity to get off-track, so the fewer decision points between the idea and its execution, the better.

Although their outward demeanor is relaxed, inwardly Saffrons can be intense. With a challenge in front of them, they apply themselves to the task with quiet commitment.

Competitive – with themselves more than others – Saffrons often set difficult and physically demanding goals. Physical pursuits are in fact a great balance to Saffrons’ intensity, providing a cleansing relief from constant inner analysis, debate and searching.

Saffrons are independent and often perfectionists, so they favor activities requiring a high level of performance, especially to avoid boredom in exercise.

Saffrons can easily make the mind/body/soul connection and can enjoy exercise that taps into it.

Environments and Interpersonal Connections

Saffrons lean toward outdoor settings for their cardio activities, enjoying the inherent freedom. Although they might go to the gym for some of their cardio, often their gym visits have a particular purpose, like lifting weights, for example. With their attraction to movement and flow, many Saffrons enjoy group fitness classes, if the music is to their liking and it’s fun!

Saffrons enjoy exercising alone ­and with others, as long as the interaction is not demanding or confining. For instance, they might enjoy light banter with a running partner. It’s not unusual for Saffrons to train for a marathon with a family member or friend, but it won’t happen if there’s much to do about dates and schedules ahead of time. Arrangements must be convenient and relaxed.

Because Saffrons rarely see themselves as part of a group, they deal better with a few like-minded people than with an organized gathering. For the same reason, Saffrons often choose unusual sports or activities, e.g. Ultimate Frisbee, taiko drumming, or bouldering.

Using a Trainer

Saffron Efficients (INTP)

Saffron Efficients will seek trainers primarily when they want to learn specific skills or improve their performance in a particular area.

Saffron Harmonies (INFP)

Saffron Harmonies seek to partner with trainers, but it is important that the trainer understands and is aligned with their values.

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Blue

Conscientious, committed, and safety-conscious, Blues approach to exercise is dutiful and without internal debate. They are very tuned in to their bodies, and correct form is essential to them. Steady and methodical, Blues prefer to focus on one thing at a time. They enjoy keeping track of their progress and take comfort in following programs that have been tested and proven effective.

Green

Minimalist and practical, Greens are naturally observant of the physical details and small variations in their environment. The natural world beckons, and Greens easily blend in. Being outside makes them feel alive, so getting their exercise through activities of daily living, including working outside, makes sense. Greens are motivated to maintain a level of fitness so they can participate in the outdoor activities and challenges that are important to them.

Gold

Traditional and conservative in their approach to exercise, Golds avoid trendy fitness fads. With a reverence for tradition and finding comfort in the familiar, Golds seek a balanced life, aiming not to overdo. Golds prefer structure and routine, valuing experience, safety, proven methods, and information from experts. They’re proud of what they do and enjoy sharing the results.

Purple

Disciplined and consistent, Purples approach exercise with an objective, and always with a plan. Purples organize exercise into categories, such as cardio, strength, and flexibility. They are attracted to variety and experiment with different approaches from time to time, but they are soon drawn back to exercise they can make routine. Once they incorporate exercise into their lives, they generally stay with it.

Red

Fast paced and in the moment, Reds love to be where the action is. Reds experience life through their senses, craving stimulation and adventure from the physical world. Moving is natural; physical activity is about being alive. Because Reds are oriented to activity in the physical world, the idea of putting time aside for “exercise” seems tedious and boring unless they are training for a goal with others. Reds understand the importance of fitness and naturally incorporate it in their physically active lifestyle.

Saffron

Playful and spontaneous, Saffrons are attracted to activities that are flexible and convenient. Needing opportunities for self-expression, they tend to lose interest in anything too structured. Easily bored and internally demanding of themselves, Saffrons enjoy challenging activities with the right combination of fun, freedom, and flow. A sense of play is appealing, making fun activities, either solo or alongside like-minded others, a high priority.

Ingenious and opportunistic, Silvers wrap exercise in disguise. Having an alter-native purpose keeps them engaged. Silvers enjoy activities that are convenient, requiring minimal process and planning. They are attracted to new ideas and possibilities and to activities that can be done with others. They enjoy variety and tend to cycle through fitness passions. Alternatively, they might avoid the temptation of novelty and keep their exercise program simple.

Silver

White

Private and self-contained, Whites are attracted to physical activity they can structure at their own pace. Exercise provides alone time for reflection. Jarred by interruptions and chaos, Whites require orderly environments that provide necessary calm. Outdoor settings and familiar paths and activities are appealing. Advanced planning makes it happen.

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