Working out and having a fitness plan means different things to different people. You may jump on the fitness train because you need to lose weight or because your spouse or friends are pressuring you into it. You may do it because it makes you feel better than if you don’t work out. Whatever your reasons for working out, a fitness plan helps you to set goals, make a plan of action for achieving your goals and measuring whether or not you meet your goals.
Set your why goal
Decide why it is you want to workout and then write it down. You can even use visual aids to help to stay focused and on track as to why you’re working so hard. Goals for each person can be very different, so make sure you have a long talk with yourself to determine your “why goal.”
Some why goals include:
- Fitting into a bikini for the summer
- Losing baby weight after a pregnancy
- Toning flabby areas of your body
- Losing weight
- Training for a bodybuilding competition
Not only does setting your why goal help you come to realization about why you’re working out, but it also helps you to choose workouts that will help you meet your goal. A workout for someone trying to tone up will look very different from someone who is trying to lose weight after a pregnancy.
Choose workouts to help you meet your goal
You can turn to online resources or in-person to a professional to find and create workout regimens to help you meet your goal. After you have your goal written down, you can discuss this with a professional trainer or research workouts that fit your niche. For example, someone looking to add 30 pounds of muscle to get ready for a competition would stay clear of cardio and focus more on weight training, interval training and resistance training workouts that will help to add muscle quicker.
Measure the results
As you progress through your plan, be sure to periodically check-in with yourself to see what the results are. You may do this by seeing that you have dropped to a smaller clothing size or that the scale says you weigh less or more. It may be a body fat test that provides you with the results you’re looking for. Whatever the measure, be sure you record your achievement of your goals. This will help to keep you motivated so that you can continue to head toward final achievement.
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