Achieving Yourfitness Goals - Horizon Fitness E54HR User Manual

Achieving YourFitness Goals
An important step in developing a long term fitness program is to determine your goals. Is your pri-
mary goal for exercising on your elliptical trainer to lose weight? Improve muscle? Burn Stress?
Prepare for the spring racing schedule? Knowing what your goals are will help you develop a more
successful exercise program. Below are some common exercise goals:
• Weight Loss
• Improve Body Shape and Tone
• Increased Energy Level
• Improved Sports Performance
• Improved Cardiovascular Endurance
• Weight Maintenance
• Strengthen Leg Muscles
• Improved Sleep Patterns
• Stress Reduction
If possible try to define your personal goals in precise, measurable terms, and then put your goals in
writing, The more specific you can be, the easier it will be to track your progress, If your goals are
long term, divide them up into monthly and weekly segments, Longer term goals can lose some of the
immediate motivation benefits, Short term goals are easier to achieve, Your elliptical trainer console
provides you with several readouts that can be used to record your progress, You can track Distance,
Calories or Time, Time is the most important and useful of test functions,
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