Effective Goal Setting

Your goals can fail before you even enter the gym. Why? Because you’re not being realistic. You will then become demotivated because you aren’t reaching your goals. You tell yourself ‘I’m no good at the gym’, then you quit the gym before the following years ‘New Year Resolution’ when you decide you will get back in the gym and set yourself more ineffective goals. The cycle then continues. This happens more often than it should.

I HAVE A SOLUTION! SET REALISTIC GOALS

When setting goals, follow the SMART principle. Make your goals quantifiable and clear.

Is your goal?

S- SPECIFIC

M- MEASURABLE

A- ATTAINABLE

R- RELEVANT

T- TIMELY

Examples of ineffective goals:

• I want to become stronger with my legs.

This goal isn’t specific. It doesn’t explain how you will do this. It isn’t measurable because it isn’t specific. It isn’t attainable because you can’t measure it and so there is no way of knowing if your legs are stronger. It may be relevant, but thats 1/5 criteria (big deal). It isn’t timely as there is no time frame on it.

Instead, you may decide to set yourself the following goal:

• I want to be able to barbell squat 50kg for 5 reps, in order to improve my muscular strength. I will do this within a time period of 3 months and will review in 3 months time.

This goal is effective and hits all the above SMART PRINCIPLE criteria.

This is a beginners guide to goal setting. However, if you fancy having me as your training buddy and giving you PT sessions, I can help set you main goals and smaller goals within that. Train with me!

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