What's Your Fitness Personality?

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What's Your Fitness Personality? - by Momie Tullottes

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When choosing exercise locations, the best choice for a person with a

disability will vary depending on who you ask, just as it would with

someone without a disability. So, what's your fitness personality?

Family, mingler, or solitary? Group fitness or solo fitness? Where do

you best fit in? Before answering that, think about various exercise

locations and the reasons behind choosing each one. Your current

exercise location may or may not be the best fit for your

personality.

If you are a leader or are good at organizing, your fitness

personality could be that of " family. " It may lead you to host group

exercise sessions among friends and neighbors with a disabilities. On

the other hand, if you are not so good at planning or have a hard

time getting others listen to you, yet enjoy being around others in a

personable environment, your fitness personality could still be

family oriented. Try attending, rather than hosting, a neighborhood

exercise group for exercisers with disabilities.

Another form of group exercise for a person with a disability may be

at a gym or health club. If you enjoy the social scene and don't mind

exercising with others, your fitness personality may be " mingler. "

Minglers would rather be in a group than in a solitary setting. A

mingler can be found at a public or private gym, specialized for a

disability or not, exercise club or spa, participating in group

exercise. This type of fitness personality is not afraid to workout

in a group setting or in front of others, but may work in a solitary

environment from time to time.

If you like the gym scene but would rather set your own workout

schedule, your fitness personality is " solitary. " Someone with a

solitary fitness personality can be found working solo or with a

trainer, but not in a group. Someone with a solitary fitness

personality may also choose to workout at home, rather than in a gym,

with or without a personal trainer that caters to their specific

needs or disability.

Each fitness personality has its own rewards. Solitary exercise and

group exercise are both excellent ways to workout. Regardless of your

fitness personality, following the advice of fitness and medical

professionals who are educated about your disability and other health

needs and concerns, will get you the appropriate workout.