©Arlene R. Taylor PhD

Unless impaired, most individuals can choose to exercise on a regular basis. The preferred routines and the way in which exercising is approached or maintained can differ dramatically based on the brain's energy advantage.

Following are examples of the way in which individuals might approach exercising based on his or her brain's energy advantage.

altPrioritizing Division

altEnvisioning Division

 

Individuals with an energy advantage in this division may gravitate toward decision-based and/or competitive exercise and may:

  • Emphasize control, precision, regularity, and goal achievement
  • May become exercisaholic
  • Like competition in exercise and want to WIN
  • Lean toward golf, skeet, tennis, skiing, running, racquetball, jogging

 

Individuals with an energy advantage in this division may gravitate toward spontaneity-based exercise and may:

  • Emphasize high-risk, thrilling, adventurous, or unusual exercise activities
  • Exercise sporadically rather than regularly, go in fits and starts, or rotate exercise types to avoid boredom and routines
  • Compete with self or others based on type of activity and other personal brain characteristics
  • Lean toward skeet, spelunking, skiing, hiking, biking, swimming, walking (or more unusual sports such as rock climbing)

 

altMaintaining Division

altHarmonizing Division

 

Individuals with an energy advantage in this division may gravitate toward scheduled or prescription-based exercise and may:

  • Emphasize team orientation, rules and regulations, and habitual activities
  • Lean toward aerobics, routines, health club membership, fitness class, baseball

 

Individuals with an energy advantage in this division may gravitate toward collegiality-based exercise and may:

  • Emphasize “fun” exercise with friends (conversation must be involved)
  • Lean toward jazzercise, dancing, exercise to music or with a video presentation