An important step in developing a long term fitness program is to determine your
goals. Is your primary goal for exercising on your Horizon Fitness 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 Horizon Fitness 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 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 Loss
• Improve Body Shape and Tone
• Increased Energy Level
• Improved Sports Performance
• Improved Cardiovascular Endurance
• Weight Maintenance
• Strengthen Leg Muscles
• Improved Sleep Patterns
• Stress Reduction
ACHIEVING YOUR FITNESS GOALS
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