A Guide to Un-Scary Goals

They’re great when your soccer team scores one, but when it comes to fitness, they can feel a little scary.

I think that’s because people think that their goals must be something crazy. When you scroll through your social media feeds it looks like everyone’s accomplishing AMAZING things EVERY DAY!

RISE AND GRIND and other such garbage.

Like most EXTREME things, that does nothing but turn people off and away from fitness.

Let me be clear, I think people need goals, I just don’t think they need to be crazy ones.

Without goals, people just tend to go through the motions or do nothing at all. The key to an impactful goal is that it has to mean something to you. Lots of times people tend to set goals they feel they SHOULD set. Not ones they WANT to set.

So, let’s talk about how to set a meaningful goal.

People start exercising because there’s something in their lives they want to improve, so figure out what that is for you and base your goal around what you need to do to improve it.

For example, say there’s a medication you want to get off, and your doctor mentions that doing some resistance training may help. Set a goal of doing some resistance training a couple of times each week. That’s doable, isn’t it?

Knowing your “why” keeps you going even on days when you may not feel like it and setting a goal that doesn’t address your why just because someone or something is pushing you to never works out in the long run.

And if you can’t think of anything else? Just set a goal of being consistent and having fun. That’s what’ll make a difference in the long run and that’s what really matters.