Your First Progress Report

It’s time for your first progress report to understand your starting point and set a realistic goal – Kick off your challenge with a bang! Try your chosen exercise, see where you stand, and grab a pen to jot down the date and your results. This is your first progress report – let’s do this!

Setting Realistic Goals

Here’s some examples of how to set achievable goals and mini goals based on your experience and current status but of course you are free to set your goal any way you like – just try to keep it realistic for your timeframe:

Examples:

Brand New Exercise:

• Baseline: Spend the first week practicing and tracking.
• Initial Goal: Set a modest goal for the first week.
• Mini Goal: Set a halfway checkpoint to adjust if necessary.

Experienced with Data:

• Review Data: Note your improvement rate.
• Goal Calculation: Set a goal based on your progress rate.
• Mini Goal: Achieve a percentage of your final goal by mid-challenge.

Experienced without Data:

• Start Tracking: Track reps, weights, and frequency.
• Estimate Goal: Set a conservative goal based on current performance.
• Mini Goal: Reassess and recalibrate at the halfway point.

Pre-set Target:

Pre-set Target:

• Evaluate Target: Ensure it’s realistic.
• Break Down: Divide into smaller milestones with a mid-challenge mini goal.
• Adjust if Needed: Be flexible with your target.

Partner Challenges:

• Communicate: Discuss strengths and weaknesses.
• Set Individual Goals: Each partner sets personal goals.
• Joint Mini Goals: Work towards mutual checkpoints for teamwork.