How to Plan a Fitness Exercise Program

Planning a fitness exercise program is just as important as following one. There are a few things to keep in mind while planning a fitness exercise program.

Step 1

Set goals for yourself. When you set these goals for your fitness exercise program, remember to factor in your age, your family history, the amount of work you're willing to put in and how often, and what you'd like to achieve.

Step 2

Visit a healthcare professional to go over your goals and what you'd like to achieve to make sure you're in good enough health to get started and stay going.

Step 3

Work towards your goals. Choose exercises that you are interested in doing. For example, if you have set a goal to get leaner legs, you'll want to choose some really good leg exercises. When speaking with a physician, they can recommend some good exercises for you if you aren't really sure what to start with.

Step 4

Assess your goals regularly to determine if you need to make adjustments. This will help to see if you're making any progress and if not, then you'll know that your fitness exercise program needs a little tweaking.

How to Design a Fitness Training Plan

Step 1-Establish specific fitness training goals.

Step 2-Gather results from any health or performance-related assessments that are related to your goals.

Step 3-Set your target date for achieving your goals and work backwards to the present.

Step 4-Break down your total time frame into training phases of at least 4 weeks.

Step 5-Assign a purpose to each of the phases of training so that, collectively, they lead you to your goals.

Step 6-Within each phase, or cycle, include variations (e.g., light, moderate, intense) by week and by day within a range that fits the purpose of the phase.

Step 7-Choose the primary exercises and alternatives that you plan to incorporate in your program in light of the exercise equipment and facility you have available.

Step 8-Plan detailed daily workouts for the first training phase.

Step 9-Implement the first phase of the training plan.

Step 10-Evaluate your progress by retesting health and fitness levels tested in Step 2.

Step 11-Revise the next and subsequent phases in light of how you are progressing toward your fitness training goals.

Step 12-Continue the process of training, evaluating, and revising until you achieve your goals.