Unlock the Secret to Crushing Your Workout Goals: What Nobody Tells You About Setting the Perfect Fitness Target
There are four general fitness goals that you can turn to for inspiration:
- Cardiorespiratory endurance – Sometimes called “aerobic fitness,” cardiorespiratory endurance describes how well (and for how long) your lungs and heart can sustain high-intensity activity. One practical marker of cardiorespiratory endurance is how you feel after climbing multiple flights of stairs: If you don’t feel winded after a few floors, you likely have high endurance.
- Muscular strength and endurance – With muscle strength, you can contract muscles or move against resistance (i.e., pick up a heavy weight) with ease. With muscle endurance, you can sustain this performance over a long period.
- Flexibility – Flexibility describes how well your joints can move through an entire range of motion: how comfortably you can touch your toes, for example.
- Maintaining body composition – The ratios of fat, bone, and muscle to your overall body weight are markers of body composition. While we often think of body composition as purely aesthetic, it’s the foundation for everyday functioning; with a high enough ratio of muscles to body weight, you can accomplish common strength-based tasks (like moving heavy boxes).
Current Goals Create Future Gains
With clear-well-structured goals, you can improve your motivation, build consistency, and create positive results.
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