How close are you to achieving your fitness goals? With the year more than halfway through, now is the perfect time to evaluate where you are on the continuum of success. Then, you can either create some new goals for yourself if you?ve already accomplished all you set out to do this year, or come up with a new plan if you?re not making the progress you hoped.
Where should you start? Use this three-step plan:
Step One: Set a goal.
Research has shown that goal-setting can help you stick with an exercise program. A study conducted at the YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta found that people who set goals were more than twice as likely to continue exercising as people who didn?t.
You should try to set two different types of goals. The first should focus on the specific, long-term results you hope to see. What is the number on the scale you?re going for or the size pants you want to fit into? Maybe your goal will be to just stay at the weight you?ve achieved.
The second type should take into account how much you want to accomplish in terms of your physical ability. Do you want to eventually run a 10K, or increase your strength enough to do three sets of chin-ups? Do you want to walk an hour each day or turn up the miles per hour on the treadmill? Give yourself an exact objective and when you accomplish it, give yourself another. If you continually have something to strive for, you?re never going to get bored.
Step Two: Make sure your goal is realistic.
It?s not important how big your goal is, but rather that your goal is reasonably challenging. Take your genetics, body type and lifestyle into account, and reassess how much weight you can realistically lose and how much time you can devote to exercise. Sure, you should strive to make more time in your life for activity, but don?t set yourself up for failure by setting a goal you can never meet, or sacrificing other parts of your life, like family and friendship.
If you?ve struggled to reach a goal that you?ve set yourself in the past, ask yourself why. Have you bitten off more than you can chew? Perhaps you need a new strategy. If you have proven again and again that you can?t make it to the gym after work, for instance, don?t make that your goal. Aim for something else, like taking a walk during lunch or doing an exercise DVD before you leave for work in the morning.
Step Three: Remind yourself why you want to be active.
Make a list of all the reasons you?ve committed to an exercise plan or set a specific fitness goal for yourself. Then, whenever you?re tempted to skip a workout or simply need a boost, read it over.
Your ultimate goal is to attain your best life. Make sure all your little goals?whether it?s to make it to kickboxing class twice a week or to start taking the stairs at work (yes, all 10 flights!)?move you in that direction.
Original article by Bob Greene from TheBestLife.com
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