Purple
Disciplined initiators, Purples approach exercise with purpose and always with a plan. Purples organize exercise into categories, like cardio, weights, and strength. They are attracted to variety, and experiment with different approaches from time to time, but are soon drawn back to exercise they can make routine. Purples have a consistent approach to exercise. Once it’s in their life, they generally stay with it.
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Active Purples are in a constant quest for increased competence and self-improvement, and they strive to be disciplined in making a place and time for regular exercise. Purples envision a fairly firm routine, become comforted by it and take pleasure in completing their plan, even when they modify it slightly. They’ll research, study, consult authorities and do whatever is needed to collect information. Then, with confidence and independence as trademarks of their personality, they trust their own ability to devise the program, complete with categories such as cardio, strength, and flexibility.
As natural planners, Purples will easily pack their gym bag to prepare for their personal needs before and after their workout. They take advantage and enjoy the amenities of a well-appointed club—all part of the routine. Friendly, outgoing, and energetic, Purples walk with confidence and speak with certainty. With their natural attraction to the outer world, Purples frequently don’t give themselves enough time alone to access their more creative inner side, so they often find that exercise is a perfect way to have that time alone. Many Purples report that while engaged in repetitive cardio activities that don’t require focused attention, they get into a mental zone and their mind goes elsewhere, which often provides refreshing creative thoughts.
Purples prefer to control their own environment and can be surprisingly disturbed by what they perceive as out-of-place elements in their surroundings. Many report that they become so distracted by non-conducive factors like loud music, stray dumbbells, or messy equipment that it actually interferes with their enjoyment and discipline. Purples are energized by exercising with people around them without necessarily interacting with them. Too much interaction requires energy and takes them out of that sought-after mental zone.
Advice for Purples
Biking
Purples typically ride on a few planned routes and enjoy biking alone. Avoid distractions, such as busy traffic or pressure to keep pace with others.
Cardio Machines
Treadmills, ellipticals, and stationary bikes allow you to select a program and stick to it. You can follow your plan with ease, even in unfamiliar fitness centers. Having people around can give you a boost of energy, and watching a screen or listening to music helps pass the time.
Pilates
Purples are drawn to the organization and targeted results you get from a Pilates workout. Pilates is also great for posture, which is likely more important to you.
Running
You’re most comfortable following planned, familiar routes and running by yourself or with a familiar companion. The calming, repetitive motions allow your active mind to drift miles away. For variety, you might enjoy an occasional group run.
Swimming
The order and structure of lap swimming will put your mind at ease. Keep track of progress with a clock or by counting laps so you know when you’ve completed your workout.
Strength Training
Purples methodically organize weight routines to hit each muscle group. You can devise a plan for yourself or enlist the help of a competent trainer. Once you’re familiar with the routine, TV or music can help pass the time. For variety and a challenge, try a group class.
Walking and Hiking
For Purples, walking and hiking can take many different forms. Depending on your mood and goals, your walks can be leisurely or aerobic, social or introspective.
Yoga
Yoga provides solitude within a group setting, and a regular class can help satisfy your desire for routine.
- Visualize, plan ahead, and schedule. You don’t have to stick to your plan, but it’s difficult to move forward without one.
- Organize exercise into categories. For example, cardio, strength, and flexibility, light, moderate, and intense, or indoor and outdoor.
- Consult with a trainer to design a program for initial knowledge; develop your own routine from there.
- Avoid exercise that requires navigational skills. Purples can easily get lost, which creates anxiety and interferes with exercise.
- Maintain interest by ensuring variety within a routine, and rotate throughout the week.
Group Ex Classes
The Y offers more than 5,000 group exercise classes per year! Find a class at your family center that’s perfect for your fitness color and schedule.
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