Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Establishing Your Plan of Attack ................................................................
In This Chapter
Establishing fitness goals
Rewarding yourself in small ways
Tracking your fitness progress
Making fitness a daily habit
You wouldn’t start or expand a business without a plan — a clear-cut idea
of where you want to take your company and how you propose to get
there. Instead, you would assess your cash flow and expenses, choose a loca-
tion for your office, decide on your hours of operation, and develop strategies
to overcome obstacles.Your workout program deserves the same level of attention, whether you’re
just beginning to map out your fitness plan or looking to expand and improve
your current fitness routine. This chapter helps you develop your plan of
attack. We show you how to set realistic goals and track your progress, and
we offer strategies for sticking to your plan so that your workout program is
as successful as any of those upstart Internet companies run by 20-year-old
CEOs.Setting Goals ..................................................................................................
Before you embark on a new exercise program — or attempt to invigorate
your existing one — clarify why you want to get fit. Maybe heart disease runs
in your family, and you want to avoid carrying on that tradition. Maybe you
can’t keep up with your grandkids. Maybe your pants split as you got up to
greet your blind date, and you thought, “I really ought to do something about
this.” Whatever the reason, make sure you’re doing this for yourself — not
simply to please your doctor or to lure back the spouse who left you for some-
one much younger.