Set Attainable Goals for Exercise - MinuteMan News Article

Coaches Eneas and Timothy share their thoughts on New Year resolutions and setting attainable fitness goals in this article from the Minuteman News.

TT Member Rabbi Daniel Price had a nice follow up to this article that we wanted to share with everyone:

As I left Targetraining I was thinking about some of the things fitness really brings and I thought about many of the different people we know at TT. And it led me to thinking about some of the more subtle yet for me the most beneficial aspects of our fitness work.

I have seen many people come to TT for many reasons... general health, life transitions (including me), competition, socializing, etc. But the thing that I notice is how excited I get when I see people grow through the process... both male and female. 

For some it is just getting their overweight bodies back into shape for others it may making their way through life transitions like divorce or a death of a spouse or family member. For some who may or may not even fall into the aforementioned categories, it is really an awakening, a finding of their inner selves and their inner strength...their ability to persevere even when they don't want to go on, finding self confidence and a new self awareness, and for some even learning to like themselves. It is often hard to see these transitions in ourselves but it is often very easy to spot it in others. I know when I do see these changes in others I get very excited for them. We all work very hard and we are all trying in our own ways to achieve something from our fitness, so it makes it that much more exciting because one can understand through ones own experience how hard others have been working. And perhaps unlike other venues, when someone pays you a compliment it doesn't necessarily mean they have deeper motives... it often means they just really appreciate the work that they see you have done and the great results.

So I think this is an aspect of training that is not always foremost in peoples mind, but to me it is very real... And that is the ability to celebrate not only your own accomplishments, but perhaps even more so, the growth and accomplishments you see in others.