I am someone who thrives setting goals and achieving them.
It’s the only way I can motivate myself is to feel good about the accomplishment.
I set tests for myself that are challenging. Sometimes, I set those goals a bit too high. It’s been like this for most of my life. Even as a little kid, I was obsessed with my batting average, my running speed and the number of push ups I could do. The goals were sometimes impossible and led to disappointment. I am very hard on myself. It got so intense that my Dad had me take a season off from the baseball team. I simply moved onto some other challenge. This personality trait has been rather helpful when it comes to my physical fitness. I am a member at a health and fitness center. I workout with a personal training center who holds me accountable. At the start of every session, I get weighed on the scale and my BMI is measured. We chart my progress. There are multiple data points that I strive for and then utilize to support my workout program and maximize the benefits. The one on one fitness coaching is essential to me determining a reasonable set of immediate and long term goals and achieving results. The local gym I once belonged to didn’t put any emphasis on tracking our progress. I need a knowledgeable personal trainer to help me with technique and structure so I don’t get carried away. Having this strict regiment keeps me from pushing myself too hard and potentially causing injury. I know exactly how much weight I can lift, how far I can run and how long to stay on the elliptical. Although I’m always tempted to add another rep, more weight and even a second workout at the end of the day, I stick to the program because it works. I prefer the personal fitness program to the group fitness training classes. With the group stuff, there’s very little personal accountability. I like the customized workout program as a training method.