Discover Your Inner Athlete: Which Type Are You?
Does it also happen to you that during the autumn–winter season you suddenly “run out of time” for the things you love most?
Don’t fall into the trap — there is just as much time as in summer! But because there is so much less daylight, we feel as if the day has shrunk, and we can no longer find time for the activities we otherwise do regularly, effortlessly, and absolutely love.
Of course, we’re talking about turning the pedals and exercising outdoors. Here are a few tips on how to stay motivated and outsmart the inner couch-lover.
What Type of Athlete Are You?
We’re all different, which means different things motivate us. That’s why it’s essential to identify what type of athlete you actually are. The sources of motivation may vary, but they all share one truth: sport makes you happier, improves your well-being, reduces stress, strengthens positive outlooks, and is an investment in long-term satisfaction with yourself.
- The Social One: Sport is your perfect excuse for active socialising, which ends with a sprint to the finish and a well-earned reward for the effort: analysis and recovery over a drink. Your motivation: company and good vibes.
- The Seeker of Silence: Sport is your medium for disconnecting from the world, a path inward, a place to seek inspiration and solutions to life’s challenges. Your motivation: the best ideas are born in silence. Set a goal for how many times a week you go “idea-hunting.”
- The Systematic One: You dedicate a precisely defined amount of time to sport, follow a structured activity schedule, and stick to it. Your motivation: maintaining routines and a clear structure in your free time.
- The Professional: You have a clear performance goal and leave nothing to chance. You train according to your own or a coach’s plan, pay attention to nutrition, and follow the latest trends of elite athletes. Your motivation: pushing the performance bar higher and higher.
Let the positive effects of sport on your well-being and health be your strongest motivation — your mantra.
Motivation, Decision, Action
Motivation alone is not enough. You must make a decision that drives you into action and silences all those loud excuses inviting you to lie on the couch.
Choose one approach — and stick to it:
- Set a regular training time and/or specific days of the week for activities.
- Define the number of active days per week.
- Set a performance goal.
- Join challenges on platforms like Strava: e.g., 400 minutes of activity per month, 100 running km per month, 7,000 m of climbing on the bike…
- Follow programs offered by smartwatches: motivational weeks, first marathon, improving your 10 km pace…
- Register early for a more demanding recreational event.
- Aim for long-term better well-being and more energy: with regular activity, unhealthy habits naturally begin to change — better nutrition, higher-quality sleep, normalized body weight.
Once you decide — everything becomes possible. Leave the couch-lover on the couch; life happens out there, in movement, in reality.
No Overdoing It — We Promote Healthy Recreation
Recreational sport is not professional sport, which means you must remain realistic and kind to your physical abilities while keeping in mind your personal athletic “history.” For a body designed for movement (not sitting), it’s highly beneficial to combine different sports and evenly engage all muscle groups.
We also recommend pairing more intense activities with relaxation techniques: meditation, yoga, pilates. These practices support progress in all areas — better mind–body connection, calmness, easier coping with pain, and strengthening the deep stabilizing muscles essential for correct organ positioning.
An active lifestyle is an investment in satisfaction.
