SAMPLE GOALS:
Goal setting is a popular motivational technique. It’s important to set goals and reward yourself when initiating a new exercise program because you’re attempting to break current patterns and form a new habit. Whether you use this technique or another, make fitness a priority in your life. You can achieve the ultimate reward to yourself: you can establish the exercise habit!
Some sample goals may be:
•To strengthen my heart by exercising 24 minutes three days a week.
(Goal Measurement: Exercise Time=72 minutes a week). •To improve my body’s ability to burn fat by exercising at a low intensity for 48 minutes per day, 5 days a week. (Goal Measurement: Exercise Time=240 minutes per week). •To burn off work related stress by exercising for 20 minutes a day on work days.
(Goal Measurement: Exercise Time=100 minutes per week).
KEEPING AN EXERCISE DAIRY
Photocopy the weekly and annual log sheets on the following pages to make your personal exercise log book. As time goes by you’ll be able to look back with pride at the work you’ve done. As your fitness improves, you can look back and see how far you’ve come.
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