TYPE 1A
General Overview
High levels of self-esteem, need to be the leader, strong-willed personality, want to win at everything they do and typically by any means.
Neurological Overview
Wants to be in charge, goal-driven, high self-esteem, wants to win, risk-taker
Potential to be aggressive, irritable, and most driven. Need to have a lower volume of work (training load) because dopamine is easily depleted.
All-or-nothing attitude/personality. Not good at adjusting to certain people or situations.
Needs lower training volume due to high risk of dopamine depletion. Doesn’t need as much variation in training. Motor skills and memory are not as good as other types.
Lowest levels of empathy, not too concerned with hurting other people’s feelings. Failure has little effect on them, don’t lose confidence easily.
Personality Characteristics
• Confident
• High self-esteem
• Always want to be the leader
• Take up a lot of space
• Talkative, loud
• Will do anything to win
• Very competitive
• Charismatic
• Risk-takers
• Argumentative
• Need to be right
• Impulsive
• Don’t do well with authority
• Intense
• Burn the candle at both ends
• Grinders
• Impatient
• Break rules
• Perform well under pressure
• Resilient to stress
• Extroverted
• Novelty seekers
• Goal driven
• Need to see results quickly
• Addictive personality
• Low empathy
• Doesn’t care what others think of him/her
Nutrition Overview
Adherence: Need to have early buy-in or they’ll quickly start to question the coach or program. This means they need to see results quickly. Type 1A’s are the ideal type for an aggressive dieting approach.
Fat loss: Sprint Method
Type 1A’s can handle a more intensive deficit. They don’t need very high carbs, relatively speaking. An effective fat loss strategy for them is 3-4 weeks in an aggressive deficit, followed by 1-2 weeks at maintenance. During the deficit weeks, refeed days can be used to help with adherence and to avoid any metabolic adaptations.
Muscle building: Type 1A’s don’t need much of a surplus to build muscle. Many type 1A’s can build muscle at maintenance calories. An effective strategy is essentially the reverse of the fat loss method. 3-4 weeks in a small surplus or at maintenance with 1-2 weeks at maintenance or a small deficit to minimize fat gain.
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