Have you ever found yourself sitting with a blank piece of paper, ready to set some goals, but feeling unsure where to start? Or perhaps you’ve experienced times when you realized too late that the goals you set a few months back weren’t actually that useful? Setting suitable, effective, and challenging goals is not easy, but is definitely worth doing properly from the start. Here are twelve pieces of advice on how to set great goals.
3 Things You Absolutely Need to Achieve Your Goals (Charles Bennington)
Having spent a plethora of hours coaching people in both nutrition and movement, there are some key factors that are extremely consistent among almost all clients who actually meet their goals.
Use Your Inner Coach to Set SMART Goals (Becca Borawski Jenkins)
You have a dream, now how do you make it happen? Wake up your “inner coach” to create a training plan and have you ready for “game day” by following the SMART method of goal setting.
Breaking Muscle Video – What Everyone Needs to Know About Goal Setting (Traver H. Boehm)
In this video we go over the basics of goal setting. Goal setting is a skill that is applicable not only to your athletic goals, but also all other areas of your life.
2 Fundamental Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Your Goals for 2014 (Andrew Read)
I think many people make two fundamental mistakes with their goal setting, and the reason they never succeed can be traced back to one of these two things.
Video: Athletic vs Aesthetic, Part 5 – Effective Goal Setting for the Athlete (Dave Ayres)
One of the differences between aesthetic training and athletic training is how we set our goals. Let’s look at an effective way to map out and achieve our fitness goals
Find Your Authentic Self by Setting Unreasonable Goals (Becca Borawski Jenkins)
It’s New Year’s resolutions time again. Are you setting safe, boring goals? Or are you setting dangerous and unreasonable goals that could change your life forever?
How to Pick an (Im)Possible Goal (Zen Gray)
Is your long-term goal a little scary? Do you feel butterflies when you think about it? Do you have smaller more attainable goals along that journey you can celebrate? Have you felt inspired lately?
If Your Goals Don’t Scare You, They Aren’t Big Enough (Nick Horton)
Setting goals and falling in love are similar…and frightening. What if what you want doesn’t happen? Isn’t it easier to avoid the heartbreak? Learn how to set scary, but achievable goals.
True Balance: How to Set Joy-Oriented Goals(Willow Ryan)
Sometimes doing something for enjoyment and doing something in pursuit of a goal can seem at odds with each other. But I think it’s possible to meld the two into a beautiful practice for improvement.
Goal Setting Improves Motivation in Athletes(Doug Dupont)
So you’ve made a bunch of training goals, but are you motivated? A new study shows that making the goals at all is a good first step to athletic success.
Are Your Goals Game-Changing (aka Life-Changing)? (Traver H. Boehm)
Only 3% of Americans have written goals for themselves. Do you have concrete goals you are after? Are any of them true “game-changers” if you achieved them? Or even if you simply pursued them?
How to Take Our Goals From Dreams to Reality(Dresdin Archibald)
Success in the gym is a little like grade school, we have to take it one level at a time or be overwhelmed by the enormity of our goal. Plus, we have to really, really want it.
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