Achieving Your Fitness Goals; Keeping An Exercise Diary - Sears Freespirit Owner's Manual

A C H I E V I N G Y O U R F I T N E S S G O A L S
An important step in developing a long term fitness program is to determine
your goals. Is your primary goal for exercising on your Elliptical Trainer to lose
weight? Improve muscle? Burn Stress? Prepare for the spring racing schedule?
Knowing what your goals are will help you develop a more successful exercise
program. Below are some common exercise goals:
- Weight Loss
- Improve Body Shape and Tone
- Increased Energy Level
- Improved Sports Performance
- Improved Cardiovascular Endurance
If possible try to define your personal goals in precise, measurable terms, and then
put your goals in writing. The more specific you can be, the easier it will be to track
your progress. If your goals are long term, divide them up into monthly and week-
ly segments. Longer term goals can lose some of the immediate motivation bene-
fits. Short term goals are easier to achieve. Your Elliptical Trainer console provides
you with several readouts that can be used to record your progress. You can track
Distance, Calories or Time. Time is the most important and useful of test func-
tions.

KEEPING AN EXERCISE DIARY

Photocopy the weekly and monthly 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.
- Weight Maintenance
- Strengthen Leg Muscles
- Improved Sleep Patterns
- Stress Reduction
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