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Spring Forward to Action! – The Goal

It’s Saturday and it’s time to think forward towards next weekend. The end of March is rapidly approaching on April 3rd, the Spring Forward to Action challenge will begin. Everyone is invited to join into the Challenge. I will be posting a message to the Forums as well, inviting you to post your own experiences, goal challenges and more. You can reply here in the comments or on the message board.

The plan is the personal action plan you choose for yourself. April is 30 days long, so we’re going for a 30-day challenge. In order to start setting up your personal plan, you’re going to need the following:

  • Your Goal
  • Your Method
  • Your Accountability
  • Your Dates

Let’s talk about the Goal. First and foremost, this is a 30-day challenge, so you want to make your goal something you can achieve in 30 days. For example, your 30-day challenge may be to work out a minimum of 3 times per week. So in April has 4 weeks in it, that will be 12 work outs that you will have to perform to meet your goal.
You can set a target 30-day goal, or 4 weekly goals. To build your plan, you’ll want to write up your goals similar to the following examples:

Weekly Goals

  • April 2nd – April 8th – 2 cardio work outs – 1 Strength Training
  • April 9th – April 15th – 2 cardio work outs – 1 Strength Training
  • April 16th – April 22nd -2 cardio work outs – 1 Strength Training
  • April 23rd – April 29th – 2 cardio work outs – 1 Strength Training

Monthly Goal –

  • 30-Day Challenge -12 workouts, a minimum of 3 per week.

Remember, you want to make your goals something you can achieve. If you plan your goals to be 5 days a week and you know you can’t do that, don’t. Take into account your time availability. You’ll want to set timeframes as well be it 20 minutes, 30 minutes or 60 minutes. Again, make these time frames achievable.

If you think you can only put in 20 minutes a workout – then make it 20 minutes a workout. The Spring Forward to Action Challenge is about succeeding. Your success will breed more success. Please feel free to post any questions to this part.

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About Heather Long

Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. They have a beautiful daughter who just turned five years old. She is learning to read and preparing for kindergarten in the fall. An author of more than 300 articles and 500+ web copy pieces, Heather has also written three books as a ghostwriter. Empty Canoe Publishing accepted a novel of her own. A former horse breeder, Heather used to get most of her exercise outside. In late 2004, early 2005 Heather started studying fitness full time in order to get herself back into shape. Heather worked with a personal trainer for six months and works out regularly. She enjoys shaking up her routine and checking out new exercises. Her current favorites are the treadmill (she walks up to 90 minutes daily) and doing yoga for stretching. She also performs strength training two to three times a week. Her goals include performing in a marathon such as the Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness or Team in Training for Lymphoma research. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience through the fitness and marriage blogs.