Find the training style you will actually stick with

This short quiz uses the validated Mini-IPIP measure of the Big Five traits. You will get a simple profile across five traits. Your top traits map to specific adherence tactics and workout styles that research links to better consistency.

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Your personality profile

Your dominant personality trait

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Research to support this

Personality has small to moderate links with physical activity. Higher extraversion and conscientiousness and lower neuroticism relate to more activity. The Mini-IPIP is a 20 item public domain inventory with acceptable reliability for quick profiling.

Meta-analysis of 33 studies: Extraversion r ≈ .23, Conscientiousness r ≈ .20, Neuroticism r ≈ −.11 with physical activity. Rhodes and Smith 2006
Participant level meta-analysis: Higher conscientiousness and lower neuroticism associate with more activity and less sedentary time. Sutin et al. 2016
Mini-IPIP construction and validity across five studies. Baldasaro et al. 2013 · IPIP Scoring Key · IPIP public domain
Recent intervention work suggests trait linked differences in exercise enjoyment by intensity and program engagement. Frontiers in Psychology 2025