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Which Cluster of Traits Best Describes You ?
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Extrovert vs. Introvert
Extravert (E): You charge up your energy by being around others, staying connected to people, places and things. Tend to be openly sharing of what you're experiencing, ability to relate to others easily.
Introvert (I): You restore your energy through alone time, finding retreat from others a welcome relief. You do well in nurturing a few very good relationships rather than many acquaintances, and tend to reflect deeply.
Sensate vs. Intuitive
Sensate (S): You gather your information about the world through your five senses. Your practical nature keeps you in the here-and-now, and generally you don't attach a larger meaning to events or conversations with others. You keep matters literally interpreted and place a high value on the facts at hand.
Intuitive (N): Your ability to perceive meaning and significance allows you to move beyond the immediate and scan the possibilities for the future. You tend to overlook the down-to-earth details as you activate your impressive imagination and view life from a loftier perch.
Thinking vs. Feeling
Thinking (T): You trust decision-making that is based on sound reasoning, objective data, and just policies. Your sense of right and wrong help you take a systematic approach to problem-solving, so that you�re not caught up in subjective emotions.
Feeling (F): The high value you place on relationships allows you to balance facts with feelings, moral standards with circumstances, principles with compassion. Your decisions weigh in favor of harmony and win-win rather than by-the-book outcomes.
Judging vs. Perceiving
Judging (J): Your ability to be well organized makes you the perfect project manager. You know how to put forth a disciplined effort to bring matters to completion and enjoy clear and tidy endings.
Perceiving (P): Your spontaneity and sense of freedom create a great deal of opportunities for exploration. On a team project, you tend to be the one who asks if all possibilities have been considered and all avenues researched. You hesitate to close a project, always seeking a better answer.
Which Personality Type Suits You Best?
Based on your scores from the personality quiz, take a look at the following descriptions of the chief temperaments or personality types. Determine how closely your score results match up with what you know about yourself. Once again, don't worry if you can't relate to all the traits. Everyone is unique and individual variances always occur, but for the most part, a majority of the traits probably cluster within your personality. If they're not self-evident, check out the description with friends or family and see if they think it's a match for you.
SJ (Sensate, Judging)
(ESFJ, ESTJ, ISFJ, and ISTJ)
35-40% of pop
Work before play
Guardians, safeguard tradition
Rely on 5 senses
Value home, family
Church goers
Company support
Loyal to country
Be prepared, detailed and data
Finish the job
Independent
SP (Sensate, Perceiving)
(ESTP, ESFP, ISTP, and ISFP)
35-40% of pop
Freedom loving
Action oriented
Proficient with tools
Risk takers
Live for the moment
Entertaining
Persuasive
Warm and playful
Realistic, down to earth
Optimistic negotiator
NF (Intuitive, Feeling)
(ENFP, ENFJ, INFP, INFJ)
12-15% of pop
Communicators
Warm and engaging
Idealistic
Visionary
Optimistic
Lots of possibilities
Good counselor
Looks for meaning and purpose
Empathetic
Expressive
NT (Intuitive Thinking)
(ENTJ, ENTP, INTJ, INTP)
12-15% of pop
Curious and inventive
Logical
Skeptical
Desire to excel
Competent
Theoretical
Independent
Alert thinker
Entrepreneurial
Enjoys challenge
Now that you've got some idea of your personality pattern, you're ready to take the next step toward instinctive fitness by understanding how movement is paired with personality.
Look for the type you discovered in the quiz (i.e., ENTJ, ESTP, etc.) in the following chart. It will be paired with one of the four types: Racer, Stroller, Dancer or Trekker as a fitness personality style. Read through the chart and the next section entitled "Four Basic Movement Patterns" to get more insights on the optimal ways for you to sustain exercise.
As you learn about these attributes for each personality type, consider how you would design a fitness program that was appealing to each type. The objective is to make it so well aligned, that exercise feels natural and like a seamless fit for their inborn preferences and style of living.
THE FOUR BASIC MOVEMENT TYPES
Integrative fitness begins with getting in touch with what literally moves you from the inside out. You tap into your inner wisdom until you know who you are, listen to your body, and find the hidden inspirations. Take the information from the self-test that began in Chapter 10 ('Self-Discovery Tools for the Coach') and then apply your finding to the information in this chapter. Do it for yourself first, and then duplicate the test for your clients. You need to discover if you tend toward Stroller, Trekker, Dancer, or Racer, each associated with a personality type. As you learn about these movement types throughout this chapter, you'll get to know each of the four as if they were your new best friends. They help you tap into your seventh senseyour instinct for movement. (Your five senses are touch, taste, sight, smell, and hearing; the sixth sense is intuition.)
Even though one of the basic types will be predominant for you, you will perceive parts of yourself in each of the four types. Over time you naturally grow and develop toward the full constellation of characteristics, expanding and enriching your range of potential responses. A little bit of you is in everyone, and vice versa. You no longer see people in stark contrast to your own traits, but begin to blur the old lines of distinction, recognizing commonalities. For now, get to know the predominant personality within you. After you decide which type is most closely matched to your own, then read through the descriptions below for movement types. Again, not every trait will be owned by you. Some will stand out as obviously yours, and a few characteristics may simply not fit. That is normal. Afterall, each human being is a completely unique person, so there will be individual differences. But on the whole, one (maybe two) movement type(s) will stand out for you. Discuss your type with friends and see if they agree with your conclusion. After you've done this exercise for yourself, try it with family and friends. Practice it a few times before trying it on a client.
Movement TYPE 1: Fire Racer (ENTJ, ESTJ, ENTP, ESTP, ENJF)
Racers exhibit a flurry of energy that can burn out or grow dissatisfied quickly if their sense of drive and assertive style is not engaged. Racers enjoy activities that make them forget their exercising. Racers are goal-directed, competitive, and natural leaders. With their passion for efficiency and combining recreation with exercise and perhaps a dose of competition, Racers are bound to find pleasurable pursuits in the list of integrative fitness options. They can usually generate intrinsic motivation and be self-directed in their exercise goals, as long as their schedules don't become overburdened.
Movement TYPE 2: Earth Stroller (ENFP, ENFJ, ESFJ, ESFP, INFJ, INFP, ISFP, ISFJ)
Strollers appear to have the natural plod-along style that is not quick but can be very playful and interactive. Because they are loyal, cooperative and easy going, others can mistake them for being inactive or lazy. However, coordination and strength and the development of both fine and gross motor skills are well within their core competencies. Integrative fitness lowers the barriers and excuses for Strollers to avoid regular exercise. The more you can address the whole person with holistic exercise, the more appreciation and commitment can be elicited from Strollers.
Movement TYPE 3: Water Dancer (ESTP, ESFP, ENFP, ENTP, ENTJ, ESTJ)
Dancers are full of creative free play. Skilled at short bursts versus prolonged, steady paces, they thrive on variety and new experiences, and seem to head in every direction at once. Movement should have a sense of exploration and adventure. Dancers will have a natural affinity for integrative fitness modalities. They'll need extra help with tracking and monitoring a regular commitment, and not being distracted by entertaining a long list of fun options, while doing nothing.
Movement TYPE 4: Air Trekker (INTP, ISTP, INTJ, ISTJ)
Trekkers build up energy as the day progresses. They like doing it right and can be perfectionists in following through with exercise guidelines. They excel at movement that involves coordination, attention to posture, balance and precision. But they're also cool under pressure so they can be fierce competitors. These are the one out of four who can exercise in punctual, consistent, disciplined way, and follow the exercise prescription as it's been preached for 30 years: 40-60 minutes of cardio five days a week at target heart rate, 2-3 days a week of 30-40 minute strength training, combined with balance and flexibility stretching exercises. Although they might not find it as appealing as their regularly scheduled time on the treadmill or other favorite exercise, Trekkers could benefit from the embodied connection with integrative fitness modalities.