Setting Fitness Goals

            Functional strength differs from other definitions because it refers to our ability to move through everyday life without effort. Have you ever had difficulty getting in and out of bed, or getting down to the ground and back up? These are things that affect our independence activities. A multitude of muscle is included in these motions and by training the body intelligently these goals can be experienced and enjoyed. Goals in this area may be defined in a number of ways, it may be physical ability like previously mentioned or it can take the form of:  sleep, blood pressure management, and bone health to name a few. By coordinating with your trainer and doctor we will measure your progress. One example of this is the cardiac stress test offered during our enhanced physical examination.

            After you have defined your goals this provides a reward, I recommend setting both short and long term goals. The long term goals will be purpose driven and life changing the short term goals will be pieces of the long term goal. For example if I have a goal to be able to touch my toes. Assuming I was not exercising I would create a goal to walk 3 – 5 times a week and 5 minutes into that walk stretch. Then another goal would be to see if I could walk a little further before stopping to stretch each time. If my routine already included exercise I would re-dedicate 5 minutes of my exercise either after my warm up but before the main body of exercise, or at the end of my exercise. one way to do this is to add a physical reminder. Maybe you have a gym bag or a water bottle you can put a sign on just to give you that little push it takes to make you commit to your goals in the present. To remember the bigger picture.