Overview

• UCL researchers enrolled 132 adults and assigned half to an eight-week home-based cycling and strength training program while the rest maintained their usual lifestyle
• Big Five assessments revealed that extraverts gravitated toward high-intensity and group workouts and those high in neuroticism favored private, intermittent sessions
• Participants following personality-matched routines reported higher enjoyment scores than the control group
• Individuals scoring high in neuroticism experienced the greatest decreases in self-reported stress after completing the tailored fitness regimen
• Published July 8 in Frontiers in Psychology, the findings support incorporating personality profiling into exercise prescriptions to help meet WHO activity targets and boost mental well-being