How do you feel about competition? For many people, competition provides
motivation, gives you a goal and gives you some sort of objective measure of
your progress. There are all sorts of options: running or cycling races of
various lengths, and your target could be to finish in a particular time, or
just to finish a half-marathon, or even to win! Personally I prefer to
exercise alone and just try to run & cycle & swim further and faster.
Mark
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> For a long time, I have been trying to improve my fitness level.
> I usually attend group exercise classes like step aerobics, kickboxing
> and also some strength training programs. The way I gauge my
> performance improvement is only by the exertion I feel and by how much
> efficiently/easily I can perform 30 to 45 mins class which really
> doesn't give a good measure.
> In short, all I have tried was to be at my best always without any
> realistic
> goals. Yes, I have long term goals like to have more energy, to attain
> more cardiovascular endurance, to take my fitness to a higher level
> etc.
> But I have understood this: to improve I need to set some mini-goals
> and try to attain them. Some realistis small term goals which I can
> set and strive
> to achieve maybe in every workout session or in a small number of
> workout sessions.
> Can anybody suggest me any kind of mini-goals I can focus on group
> exercise sessions so that for each and every workout I have some
> target in mind and I can try to achieve that?
> In group exercise sessions, the intensity is controlled by the
> instructor.
> Of course, in step, you can control the number of raises but once
> thats
> fixed, what other variables can I focus on to attain in day-to-day
> workouts which ultimately will make me improve?
> I am trying to build a workout routine with 3 different activities:
> step aerobics, kickboxing and strength training and every day, I
> want to focus on some variable and set some target on that.
> Any and every suggestion will be highly appreciated.
> By the way, I am not really interested in how many lbs I lose..
> so a goal to lose say 2 lbs per week doesn't motivate me.
> Thanks in advance.
> P.S. - posting this message to groups other than fitness too as I feel
> (thogh I might b ewrong)the basic science of training is same in each
> and every sport.
by Fitne » Sat, 16 Feb 2002 14:30:10