1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,533 Speaker 1: from News Talks that. 3 00:00:11,653 --> 00:00:14,973 Speaker 2: Be, it's and and when when. When you read it, 4 00:00:14,973 --> 00:00:17,933 Speaker 2: it does kind of make some pretty good sense. But 5 00:00:17,933 --> 00:00:22,333 Speaker 2: but I thought quick sidebar useful to explain the personality 6 00:00:22,373 --> 00:00:25,893 Speaker 2: traits that we're talking about, because you know, every every 7 00:00:26,093 --> 00:00:29,133 Speaker 2: sort of seemingly every few months, there's new kind of 8 00:00:30,293 --> 00:00:32,813 Speaker 2: you know, you'll see something new, particularly on social media 9 00:00:32,893 --> 00:00:36,573 Speaker 2: feeds around this. You know, have you discovered your personality type? 10 00:00:36,653 --> 00:00:39,453 Speaker 2: It's you know, we're all apples and those people are oranges, 11 00:00:39,493 --> 00:00:41,893 Speaker 2: and it's like, I don't think that's a personality type. 12 00:00:42,253 --> 00:00:44,413 Speaker 2: So it is an area that's a bit prone to 13 00:00:45,653 --> 00:00:49,693 Speaker 2: sort of pop psychology, you know, trend. So, but there 14 00:00:49,733 --> 00:00:54,653 Speaker 2: are five five what we'd call personality traits that are 15 00:00:54,733 --> 00:00:58,333 Speaker 2: pretty accepted and have been accepted for a long time. 16 00:00:58,373 --> 00:01:01,093 Speaker 2: They're called the Big Five and they're known by the 17 00:01:01,173 --> 00:01:05,133 Speaker 2: acronym ocean. And so that's that's there's five of those. 18 00:01:05,173 --> 00:01:08,573 Speaker 2: So that the first the is openness. So how willing 19 00:01:08,653 --> 00:01:11,893 Speaker 2: am I to try new things? And remembering that these 20 00:01:11,933 --> 00:01:14,493 Speaker 2: are all kind of continuum, so you could be high 21 00:01:14,533 --> 00:01:17,613 Speaker 2: in this or low in this, So how how how 22 00:01:17,653 --> 00:01:21,333 Speaker 2: open am I willing to try new things. Conscientiousness, and 23 00:01:21,693 --> 00:01:23,533 Speaker 2: I wonder whether you and I are quite high in this. 24 00:01:23,693 --> 00:01:26,813 Speaker 2: So this is organized, dependable, reliable. We're like routines and 25 00:01:26,853 --> 00:01:29,613 Speaker 2: structures and the same thing roughly at the same time 26 00:01:29,693 --> 00:01:34,013 Speaker 2: every day, which which I definitely kind of class myself 27 00:01:34,053 --> 00:01:38,973 Speaker 2: as the extraversion. And I think people are pretty familiar 28 00:01:39,013 --> 00:01:45,373 Speaker 2: with the extrovert introvert continuum. So extraversion extraversion is how outgoing, 29 00:01:45,413 --> 00:01:48,413 Speaker 2: how sociable we are. Where do we get our energy from? 30 00:01:48,493 --> 00:01:51,013 Speaker 2: Is it from interacting with other people? Or is it 31 00:01:51,053 --> 00:01:54,093 Speaker 2: from sort of downtime which is much downtime by ourselves, 32 00:01:54,133 --> 00:01:57,853 Speaker 2: which is much more introverted. The fourth one is agreeableness. 33 00:01:57,893 --> 00:02:02,173 Speaker 2: So that's how kind and pathic cooperative I am? How 34 00:02:02,493 --> 00:02:04,413 Speaker 2: how you know how agreeable in a sense am I 35 00:02:04,493 --> 00:02:07,693 Speaker 2: with other people? How? How how how can I see 36 00:02:07,693 --> 00:02:10,453 Speaker 2: their point of view or you know, get alongside them? 37 00:02:10,853 --> 00:02:14,413 Speaker 2: And then lastly, neuroticism or that that's a little bit 38 00:02:14,453 --> 00:02:16,653 Speaker 2: of an old fashioned urn. You could easily replace that 39 00:02:16,773 --> 00:02:20,093 Speaker 2: with just how nervous are you? How how much do 40 00:02:20,093 --> 00:02:23,613 Speaker 2: you tend to worry or experience negative emotions? And I, 41 00:02:23,893 --> 00:02:25,573 Speaker 2: you know, hand up pot myself. 42 00:02:26,533 --> 00:02:29,253 Speaker 3: Technology love a better technology when it goes, well. 43 00:02:30,213 --> 00:02:32,053 Speaker 2: Yes, here I am back again. I could hear you, 44 00:02:32,053 --> 00:02:33,613 Speaker 2: but you couldn't hear me. That's weird. 45 00:02:33,813 --> 00:02:34,573 Speaker 1: It's very strange. 46 00:02:34,613 --> 00:02:38,933 Speaker 3: So the so the old acronym ocean describes the different 47 00:02:38,973 --> 00:02:41,773 Speaker 3: personality traits, But how do you then apply those to 48 00:02:42,013 --> 00:02:42,933 Speaker 3: different exercises? 49 00:02:43,253 --> 00:02:45,573 Speaker 2: Yeah, and look, I think people will have you know, 50 00:02:45,853 --> 00:02:48,053 Speaker 2: when you think about those sort of those big five, 51 00:02:48,133 --> 00:02:50,053 Speaker 2: I think most people kind of have a will have 52 00:02:50,213 --> 00:02:52,613 Speaker 2: sort of summnate sense of where they are on that. 53 00:02:52,933 --> 00:02:56,893 Speaker 2: So look, three things, three takeaway points. Those people who 54 00:02:56,973 --> 00:03:01,213 Speaker 2: are highly conscientious. Look, so remember those are the sort 55 00:03:01,213 --> 00:03:05,053 Speaker 2: of the organized, dependable relival. They're more likely to be 56 00:03:05,093 --> 00:03:08,333 Speaker 2: a bit fitter to start, probably because people like us 57 00:03:08,413 --> 00:03:10,373 Speaker 2: are you know, we get into our routine and we 58 00:03:10,453 --> 00:03:12,773 Speaker 2: kick that routine even when we might not want to, 59 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:17,413 Speaker 2: and more likely to log more exercise hours per week. 60 00:03:17,533 --> 00:03:20,453 Speaker 2: So and that makes some sense. So if you are 61 00:03:20,573 --> 00:03:24,853 Speaker 2: higher and that sort of your sorry, in that conscient 62 00:03:25,213 --> 00:03:28,293 Speaker 2: conscientiousness scale, you tend to be able to stick get 63 00:03:28,333 --> 00:03:31,853 Speaker 2: to a plan and stick to it. So that's you know, 64 00:03:31,893 --> 00:03:34,213 Speaker 2: that's an advantage. If you know that that's sort of 65 00:03:34,253 --> 00:03:37,253 Speaker 2: the personality style you are, then the best thing you 66 00:03:37,293 --> 00:03:39,253 Speaker 2: can probably do is get into a good habit, make 67 00:03:39,333 --> 00:03:42,213 Speaker 2: some habits around your fitness and and and you'll probably 68 00:03:42,293 --> 00:03:47,853 Speaker 2: stick to them quite easily. So that's one takeaway. People 69 00:03:47,933 --> 00:03:50,493 Speaker 2: who are the second takeaway, people who are more extroverted 70 00:03:50,693 --> 00:03:54,333 Speaker 2: tend to enjoy kind of more high intensity workouts, you know, 71 00:03:54,533 --> 00:03:58,573 Speaker 2: the spin classes and the command everybody, let's go. And 72 00:03:58,613 --> 00:04:01,013 Speaker 2: again that makes some sort of sense. So if you 73 00:04:01,093 --> 00:04:03,693 Speaker 2: feel like you're high in that, then maybe that's the 74 00:04:03,773 --> 00:04:06,573 Speaker 2: type of workout that you should be looking for. There's 75 00:04:06,613 --> 00:04:09,493 Speaker 2: lots of energy, lots of pumping up, lots of enthusiasm. 76 00:04:10,413 --> 00:04:12,973 Speaker 2: You might not quite get the same. You might not 77 00:04:13,093 --> 00:04:15,493 Speaker 2: find it so easy to stick to something if it's 78 00:04:15,493 --> 00:04:18,653 Speaker 2: sort of solitary or walking around, you know, the streets 79 00:04:18,653 --> 00:04:20,813 Speaker 2: of Wellington by yourself at six o'clock in the morning, 80 00:04:20,853 --> 00:04:23,493 Speaker 2: that might not be your thing so much. So again 81 00:04:23,573 --> 00:04:26,173 Speaker 2: thinking about can I find something that really fits that 82 00:04:26,293 --> 00:04:28,573 Speaker 2: sense of extraversion for me? Yeah? 83 00:04:28,653 --> 00:04:28,933 Speaker 3: Right? 84 00:04:29,813 --> 00:04:33,453 Speaker 2: And then the last one neuroticism. So that's all the nervousness, 85 00:04:34,013 --> 00:04:39,213 Speaker 2: tendency to worry. Interesting finding that those people that were 86 00:04:39,213 --> 00:04:43,973 Speaker 2: a bit neurotic tended to report lower enjoyment of things 87 00:04:43,973 --> 00:04:45,693 Speaker 2: that took a lot of effort. They did them, but 88 00:04:45,733 --> 00:04:48,253 Speaker 2: they didn't really like doing them, but they did them anyway, 89 00:04:48,293 --> 00:04:50,493 Speaker 2: and I'll moan about it and I'll complain about it 90 00:04:50,533 --> 00:04:54,293 Speaker 2: while I'm doing it. But interestingly, they were the group 91 00:04:54,373 --> 00:04:58,333 Speaker 2: that reported the highest level of reduction in mental stress 92 00:04:58,373 --> 00:05:02,453 Speaker 2: when they were exercising, and so maybe they were higher 93 00:05:02,453 --> 00:05:04,773 Speaker 2: in mental and that sort of stress to start with. 94 00:05:04,933 --> 00:05:07,653 Speaker 2: But you know, again, if you tend to worry, you 95 00:05:07,653 --> 00:05:09,013 Speaker 2: tend to be a bit of a warrior, a bit 96 00:05:09,053 --> 00:05:13,253 Speaker 2: of a bit of an overthinker about things. Maybe you know, 97 00:05:13,693 --> 00:05:16,253 Speaker 2: just stick with it and actually, you know, get into 98 00:05:16,293 --> 00:05:19,293 Speaker 2: that pattern and you'll probably find that physically as well 99 00:05:19,333 --> 00:05:23,173 Speaker 2: as mentally, you really benefit from it. So I think great. 100 00:05:23,253 --> 00:05:26,373 Speaker 2: The overall tip would be to think about how that 101 00:05:26,453 --> 00:05:29,093 Speaker 2: ocean though Big five apply to you and see if 102 00:05:29,093 --> 00:05:31,573 Speaker 2: you can sort of match that to the type of 103 00:05:31,933 --> 00:05:33,453 Speaker 2: workout that you're going to try and do well, the 104 00:05:33,493 --> 00:05:35,213 Speaker 2: type of activity that you're going to try and do. 105 00:05:35,293 --> 00:05:37,453 Speaker 3: Yeah, right, okay, that makes a lot of sense actually, 106 00:05:37,453 --> 00:05:41,613 Speaker 3: And it's funny because they almost feel intuitive. Those outcomes 107 00:05:41,613 --> 00:05:44,533 Speaker 3: almost feel intuitive. Is it a great surprise that the 108 00:05:44,533 --> 00:05:49,173 Speaker 3: people who are the most extroverted love the will you know? 109 00:05:49,613 --> 00:05:52,973 Speaker 3: Rah rah big workouts and they come on dig deep. 110 00:05:53,933 --> 00:05:57,293 Speaker 3: It's not at all, it's not remotely surprising. Yeah. 111 00:05:58,053 --> 00:06:00,053 Speaker 2: Yeah, so it's good to think, you know, as you 112 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:02,733 Speaker 2: started off at the top saying, you know that our 113 00:06:02,813 --> 00:06:06,973 Speaker 2: minds and our bodies we're all surprisingly enough up into 114 00:06:07,013 --> 00:06:10,013 Speaker 2: the we're a single entity. So you know, think about 115 00:06:10,053 --> 00:06:12,533 Speaker 2: all parts of you, your brain and your body when 116 00:06:12,533 --> 00:06:14,453 Speaker 2: you're trying to figure out what's sort of the best 117 00:06:14,493 --> 00:06:17,333 Speaker 2: activity or exercise for you to get into and stick to. 118 00:06:17,573 --> 00:06:19,533 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, that's great. Tips. Hey, thank you so much, 119 00:06:19,573 --> 00:06:22,453 Speaker 3: really appreciate it. Google appreciate you sticking with us too. 120 00:06:22,493 --> 00:06:25,413 Speaker 3: Once the technology drops out there for a moment. Google. 121 00:06:25,453 --> 00:06:29,533 Speaker 3: Sutherland is of course a clinical psychologist with Umbrella Well Beeing. 122 00:06:29,533 --> 00:06:32,973 Speaker 3: We'll make sure that study and Google's outcomes are up 123 00:06:33,013 --> 00:06:35,093 Speaker 3: on the News Talks CB website for. 124 00:06:35,133 --> 00:06:38,173 Speaker 1: More from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen live to 125 00:06:38,293 --> 00:06:41,293 Speaker 1: News Talks i'd Be from nine am Saturday, or follow 126 00:06:41,333 --> 00:06:42,933 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.