The 8 Colors of Fitness: Discover Your Color-Coded Fitness Personality and Create an Exercise Program You’ll Never Quit!
The 8 Colors of Fitness: Discover Your Color-Coded Fitness Personality and Create an Exercise Program You’ll Never Quit! (Oakledge Press, 2008) The 8 Colors of Fitness is a personality-based approach to a physically active lifestyle based on 8 sets of preferences each corresponding to a Color – The 8 Colors. By identifying your Color – and each of us falls into one of the 8 Colors, readers get a snapshot of their exercise personality. Whether you’re trying to include physical activity in your basic wellness program, an exercise enthusiast, or training for peak performance–this book is for you. The 8 Colors of Fitness begins with a short personality assessment to guide readers in discovering their Co… More >>
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The 8 Colors is the first ever book that looks at the person who is engaging in exercise and what might make the person tick, rather looking at exercise as something that is one-size fits all. I have often picked up a fitness magazine or an article on exercise, only to put it down as quickly as I picked it up, because I could not relate to the age old advice. For instance, as an ENFJ Purple Harmony, I don’t do well with an exercise pal, deplore accountability as I KNOW what I have to do, and like to take a familiar path so my thoughts are free to wander. I hate tracking my progress on a spread sheet, am thrown off by “changing up” my routine and would never contemplate engaging what I see as “high risk” sports activites such as white water rafting, snow skiing or hiking in unknown terrain. Now I know why; its of course based on typology. Suzanne Brue has charted new and exciting territory in world of the MBTI(r), psychological type and exercise and fitness.
Thanks to Suzanne!
Rating: 5 / 5
If you want to keep yourself in good shape, this is the book for you. Since I read this book, I created a exercise program truly works for myself and I told all my friends about this wonderful discover.
Thanks the author for sharing her research with us.
Rating: 5 / 5
I strongly recommend The 8 Colors of Fitness.
It is a very readable book, and well researched.
If you want to exercise more,
you will see yourself in some of the excellent examples of the 8 personality types,
and be inspired to exercise.
I am the Roaring Red color and it certainly helped me.
You also become a lot more perceptive about your family and friends
personality types.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book should be the first reference for anyone looking to start a fitness program, and is essential reading for anyone involved in improving the fitness of others.
As a personal trainer, I thought that over eight years experience working with hundreds of individuals had given me a great insight into how to motivate people and ensure that they achieve their goals. The information contained in the book has enabled me to have an even greater understanding of what makes my clients tick. The 8 colors of fitness uses Myers Briggs Type Indicator (one of the most widely used personality tests) to help determine the best approach to exercise motivation, favourite activities and preferred environments as well as identifying specific barriers to exercise for each of the personality types.
The author demonstrates an exceptional ability to simplify such an in-depth subject into an easily useable system. Whatever your current level of fitness or motivation, this book will help you to get started or achieve greater results from your current training.
Rating: 5 / 5
The 8 Colors of Fitness: Discover Your Color-Coded Fitness Personality and Create an Exercise Program You’ll Never Quit!
Suzanne Brue’s research has made it possible for people to finally discover an exercise program that fits their personality. Based on the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory, a well-known and respected personality indicator, it clearly explained who I am, what motivates me – particularly types of exercises – and what/who I need to stick to an exercise program. After a recent 50 pound weight loss, exercise has become and must remain a daily part of my new lifestyle. The book shows me how. Anyone I talk to about the book’s content is excited about learning more and then doing more! This is a winner that facilitates success!
Rating: 5 / 5