How To Set Reasonable Fitness Goals When You’re Totally Out of Shape

So you’ve been a little bit too lazy in last couple of months and you finally decided to change something about your physical activities? You don’t want to become a “couch potato” and you know you can do much better than just looking like a grumpy overweight person right?

And so right now you want to prove others, and more importantly to yourself, that once you start working out, you won’t stop until you reach your goals. But how can you reach them if you’re currently totally out of shape? What should you do in order to become fitter, and start something that will tell others you aren’t joking with this stuff?

Don’t Rush It

The biggest mistake people make when it comes to attaining fitness goals is that they usually rush way too much and expect things to happen too early. When it comes to working out when your totally out of shape, patience is usually the most important thing along with discipline.

Obviously, you can’t think about having a super fit athlete-like body in just few weeks. Therefore, it’s important to set reasonable fitness goals—things you can achieve to keep the motivation going.

Take Baby Steps

When setting big fitness goals, the most important thing is to have smaller goals that will lead to reaching the bigger one. So, if your goal is to perhaps lose 15kg in the long term, you can start off with cutting out fried and fatty food first, followed by a fun cardio workout.

Eventually, you’ll begin to start losing 1kg every other week, and before you know it, you’ve taken 15kg off your weight. Instead of pushing yourself to lose the whole 15kg as soon as possible, you may want to set 4 smaller goals of losing 3kg instead:

• Your first goal will be losing 5kgs. 3 more goals to achieve and you’ll reach your final form!
• After the first two goals, you’ll restore your motivation when you realize you have already crossed the halfway mark.

Want To Add Muscle Mass?

Or let’s say you’ve just started working out so you want to add some muscle tone to your chest and shoulders but that goal looks so far away and you’ve already started thinking about giving up. There’s no giving up!

If you press 40kgs on the bench press, try reaching 50kgs till the end of this month and in 2 to 3 months you’ll press 70kgs!

Set Reasonable Goals

The most important thing about setting a reasonable goal in order to bring your body to your desired level is to be honest to yourself, not to expect too much during the beginning stages, and be disciplined! There is nothing in the world of fitness you can’t achieve so just set few smaller goals and you’ll without a doubt reach that big one!

How To Make Your Lifestyle More Active

Just doing simple things like by parking your car a little further from work or getting off public transport one stop early all make a difference if you’re totally out of shape.  People are often amazed at how small changes can reap huge results with their fitness.

To help you burn more calories and leverage new habits into a lifetime of good health and better fitness download my free report 20  Ways To Make Your Lifestyle More Active. Once you choose a healthy lifestyle, you’ll never have to worry about dieting again.