How to Set Healthy Fitness Goals
Have you ever intended to start a fitness journey? Then not long after you began, you decide to stop because you don’t see results? Well, read my blog post about How to Begin Your Fitness Journey, where I discuss ways to get started. The first step is to set goals, so knowing how to set healthy fitness goals is extremely important so that you can achieve your goals.
My long-term fitness goals are hiking a 14er this summer, getting leaner, and building muscle. These goals can then be broken down into how and what to do to achieve them. To hike a 14er, I’ll need to increase my cardiovascular endurance through running. I must watch my caloric intake vs. energy expenditure and the volume added to my strength training workouts to get leaner and build muscle. Then these goals can also be broken down into milestones and even mini-goals.
I LOVE setting goals. It helps me stay motivated to achieve what I am trying to achieve. By setting mini-goals to achieve milestones that will ultimately achieve my long-term goals, I can have mini-celebrations along the way and enjoy the journey rather than only looking toward the end goal.
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If you are here and reading this, you are interested in your health and fitness. That is so good; I am so excited for you! Taking care of your body is the best thing you can do for yourself in the present and the long term. I read this quote, but I am not sure who said it.
Set SMART Goals
SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-based. Setting SMART goals allows you to create goals you can achieve. So when you set any long-term, short-term, or ongoing goal, you want to set SMART goals.
Set a Long-term Goal
Set Milestones
Set Mini-Goals
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If you are here and reading this, you have an interest in your health and fitness. That is so good; I am so excited for you! Taking care of your body is the best thing you can do for yourself in the present and the long term.
“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”
— unknown
I find that quote so inspiring. Hard work will pay off in the future, but you must also live in the moment, and taking care of yourself is doing both. You are doing good for yourself now and for your future self.
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