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ACHIEVING YOUR FITNESS GOALS
An important step in developing a long term fitness program is to determine your goals. Is your
primary goal for exercising on your treadmill 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:
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 weekly segments. Longer term goals can lose some of the
immediate motivation benefits. Short term goals are easier to achieve. Your treadmill 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 functions.
KEEPING AN EXERCISE DAIRY
Photocopy the weekly and monthly log sheets which are located near the end of this user guide 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.
0/0/00 0 0 0:00
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SAMPLE
SAMPLE
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Weight Loss
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Improve Body Shape and Tone
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Increased Energy Level
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Improved Sports Performance
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Improved Cardiovascular Endurance
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Weight Maintenance
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Strengthen Leg Muscles
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Improved Sleep Patterns
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Stress Reduction
