Achieve Your Goals: Start Slow and Easy
   

Are you overweight? Do you want to start exercising and get fit? You can and setting goals is a great way to help motivate yourself. To help you succeed and reach your fitness goals, you need to start slow and easy. Starting slow and easy assures that you do not overwhelm yourself. If you overwhelm yourself with unrealistic goals and also goals you want to happen in a short time frame, you will more than likely fail. Walking is a great exercise and something you can add to your fitness goals. It is simple and easy going. Walking is great for beginners.

If you already have a walking routine, keep doing what you have been doing and slowly begin to add on to it. If you already walk one mile at a slow pace then maybe you could step it up and do one and a half miles at a faster pace. Do this for just one week, after that you can go further or faster. Do not get overzealous and try to do ten miles a day that first week, remember you are trying to start slow and build up to your goal. Walking ten miles a day in the first week is not going to be feasible and you will fail. Failing the first week can really be a set back and you will more than likely give up on your goals altogether.

A walking routine for a beginner should be handled the same way but a beginner should start out trying out a walk to find out where you are physically. If after five minutes you feel winded, try slowing down the pace you are walking at. Slowing down should help but if it does not then your starting walk time should be five minutes at a time for that first week. Every week up your walk time by five or ten minutes until you are comfortable with the length of time you walk. The next step is to increase your pace each week until you are walking at a high pace.

You can measure the intensity of your workout with a simple test. If you are out of breath and can’t carry a conversation with someone, you are working too hard and need to slow down. If you can carry a conversation but are a little winded then you are working at a good level and should try to stay at this pace. If you can gab away and not break a sweat, you need to step it up. You can also rate how hard you think you’re working on a scale that ranges from six, no exertion, to twenty, maximal effort. You should be aiming for at least moderate intensity, twelve to fourteen, as you walk. Other alternative methods to measure the intensity of your workout are to check your pulse and there are even electronic devices that you can wear that will tell you all of the above information.

Following these guidelines will greatly increase your chances of achieving your fitness goals and can be used with any form of fitness. Running, jogging, sit-ups, push-ups, aerobics, and any other fitness method you prefer. So remember to never decide you want to be a marathon speed walker and decide that you will go out and walk ten miles in one hour. Put your current fitness state into perspective and set goals that you will reach and work on achieving them slowly. Another thing to always do when starting a walking program is to use proper technique to help avoid injuries and setbacks. Walking is a great exercise because it is so simple to do. But, if your posture is poor or your movements exaggerated, you increase your risk of injury. Remember to always talk to your healthcare professional before beginning any fitness program.

Remember that with any goals, whether it is losing weight, beginning a fitness routine, stop smoking or saving money, you can help achieve your goals by starting off slow. You do not have to start with larger goals. Break your goals up into small segments and begin by achieving small steps. Have a visual reminder and each time you reach a smaller goal, cross it off your list. Actually seeing your results will help you stay on track make you feel like your goals are more obtainable.

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