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SMART Goals
SMART Goals (Health Education · Adding Physical Activity to Your Life) — "The first step to implementing a fitness program is to identify your goals. As discus…
Ideas in this flowchart
- Implementing a fitness program begins with identifying your goals.
- Identify your fitness goals as the first step.
- SMART goals should be specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic, and time-bound.
- Vague goals such as “I will exercise more” make progress difficult to track.
- A SMART goal can combine all five criteria in one statement.
- Specific: “I will walk for 30 minutes a day 3–5 days per week.”
- Measurable: “I will improve my resting heart rate over the next month.”
- Action-oriented: “I will research walking routes around my home and campus.”
- Realistic: “I will increase my walking to 45 minutes per day in one month.”
- Time-bound: “I will try this walking program for one month and then reassess my goals.”
- Combined example: “I will walk for 30 minutes 3–5 days per week for the next month in order to improve my resting heart rate.”
