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What Are You Training For?
Going to the gym is a habit, and habits are good. But a habit without a direction eventually stops producing progress and starts producing boredom.
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Goals you can measure. Mostly things you can do, not numbers on a scale.
A goal you can measure changes how training feels. This section is about performance goals — a first pull-up, a first 5K, a heavier squat — because they give you something to aim at that improves in a straight line and does not depend on what your body looks like on a given morning.
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10 Fitness Goals That Aren’t About Weight
Ten specific, measurable things you can either do or not do. Pick one, put a date on it, and train for it for twelve weeks.
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Your First Pull-Up
A progression that works, from a dead hang to a full rep. It takes longer than the internet suggests, and it is worth every week.
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Train For Your First 5K
Eight weeks from not running to running 5K without stopping. The whole thing hinges on running the easy parts slowly enough.
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Why Having a Deadline Changes Your Training
The date is doing more work than the goal is. What actually changes when your training has somewhere to be.