Setting Goals

The importance of setting personal goals can hardly be exaggerated. If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up getting lost.
To select appropriate goals for yourself, start by in the first place. You might want to increase your endurance capacities or are just concerned about preserving your health.
There may be a variety of reasons for your taking up exercise, and they are all valid. Goals should be specific, not general challenging, but achievable, divided into short-term subgoals.
Remember!!!! None of us has time to exercise the wrong way. Goals that are too general will probably lead you to discontinue your exercise regimen, or make you exercise in an ineffective or counterproductive manner. Crosscheck the benefits of a specific type of exercise with your personal goals to make sure you are doing the right thing.
Plan your weekly workout schedule in advance. The more regular your workouts, the better your results, but don't forget to give your body sufficient rest between workout sessions.
Setting quantifiable goals or subgoals for yourself is also a smart way to keep you motivated. A quantifiable subgoal is something you can measure, heart rate:
Record your average heart rate at a constant workload performance of, for example, 10-15 minutes. If you're using fitness equipment like a treadmill, a stationary bicycle or rowing machine, a certain load (resistance) and rate can be set. As you get more fit, your average heart rate drops for a constant performance. If you don't have access to such equipment, you can instead run on an outdoor track or use a set of stairs. Simply walk/run at a certain speed and for a certain length of time or journey.
As you get fitter over time, your average heart rate gets lower and lower. Correspondingly, your speed increases or time to walk/run decreases at a certain heart rate.

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