Personal Fitness Program Physical conditioning

Present Fitness

To show your philosophy about physical fitness, please indicate how you feel about the topics below. A value of 5 is in the middle.

A value of 1 means you agree most strongly with the comments on the left. A 10 indicates that you agree most strongly with the comments on the right. Indicate your opinion on the following 6 areas by writing a number from 1-10 in the middle.

My Opinion

1 10

Stress does not bother me. Regular exercise cuts

I make my own happiness. My stress. I treat

Chemicals like caffeine, others with patience

Nicotine, alcohol, because exercise drains

Tranquilizers, or a little away my tensions. I love

Pot keep me mellow. The runner’s high.

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I do not care about how I look. My body is in fairly good

I have money, do not have to shape. I am not

Look good. I am interesting overweight. I want to look

And well-read. in shape

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I do not like physical activities. I can do the physical

My joy comes from TV, video activities that I like such

Games, and computers. Volleyball, softball,

Dancing, and hiking. I

like to be physical.

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I do not need to be able to walk. I can walk a few miles if

I belong to AAA. I have a good car breaks down.

car, not a rust bucket. I have

a cell phone.

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I do not have to do physical I can move furniture and

Moving large objects, I have other objects. I can

Many friends and a lot of money easily and quickly clean

To hire people to do things for my driveway of snow.

me.

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I want to enjoy life. Quality, My fitness habits will

not quantity, is what counts. Me healthy and allow me to

I’m different. I do not need live a fairly long life.

to exercise. No one tells me Exercise makes everyone

what to do. Healthy.

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Present Level of Fitness

1. What level of fitness are you in at present? How did you do with the fitness test we took?

2. How fit are you for your life? Can you do all the physical activities that are in your life today? Is there evidence that you need to lose weight, lower your blood pressure, or cholesterol, or bad cholesterol? Does your body look good enough for you today?

3. Do you have any interests or hobbies (like gardening, swimming, dancing, softball, mountain climbing, or martial arts) that require a high level of fitness?

Your Fitness Goals and Dreams

In view of your present level of health and your need for fitness how fit would you like to be in the following categories by the end of the semester?

-Aerobic capacity and weight:

-Strength and muscle tone:

-Improvement in any special skills (like dance with little fatigue or earn a belt in Karate):

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How fit would you like to be in 5 years?

How to achieve your goals

What will you do to achieve your goals? If you want to improve your aerobic capacity and weight, what do you plan to do? If you want to get stronger, what will you do to improve your strength and muscle tone? If you want to get better at some special sport or activity, what will you do to improve? Try to be as specific as possible at this point.

Revised 1/2007