Area for improvement.
• Exercise (cardiovascular endurance).
1. Identify the problem. Running.
• An increase of minutes per mile.
• Difficult to or lack of finishing with a strong kick.
2. Objectives of what I want to accomplish or attain.
• Improvement to decrease the number of running splits per hour.
• Become a better and smarter runner.
• Regain the loss of enjoyment towards running.
3. Compare the perceived benefits of behavior change to the perceived costs.
• Contemplation: I needed to recognize that running has become more of a job, than a hobby.
• Eating healthier foods: I use to be a fast food junky and I finally realized that what was fast and easy, soon became expensive and harmful.
• Build social support: Although, I am getting …show more content…
Identify ALL barriers to behavior change.
• Overambitious goals: Setting my pace time higher than normal
• Self-defeating beliefs and attitudes: Starting to think that I am too old to run and unable to compete with the younger runners or even those in my age bracket.
• Lack of support and guidance: Lost the enjoyment of running.
5. Identify solutions to each barrier of behavior change.
• Overambitious goals: Decrease my pace time to a more comfortable one.
• Self-defeating beliefs and attitudes: Remember what motivated me to start running all those years ago. Plus, demonstrating to the skeptics from the past, that not only will I walk again, but I will return to competing in races.
• Lack of support and guidance: Return to the running groups that I once participated in and refocus my locus of control.
6. Determine your plan of action and develop short-term and long-term goals.
Short-term goals.
Time span: Within 30 days
Reward: Have a positive attitude towards the other runner and myself.
• Motivation: Remember why I run and most important, smile again.
• Return to Planet Fitness/YMCA: Have fun working out with others and stop being a lone wolf.
• Record my times and take notice of pace time.
Long-term
• Exercise (cardiovascular endurance).
1. Identify the problem. Running.
• An increase of minutes per mile.
• Difficult to or lack of finishing with a strong kick.
2. Objectives of what I want to accomplish or attain.
• Improvement to decrease the number of running splits per hour.
• Become a better and smarter runner.
• Regain the loss of enjoyment towards running.
3. Compare the perceived benefits of behavior change to the perceived costs.
• Contemplation: I needed to recognize that running has become more of a job, than a hobby.
• Eating healthier foods: I use to be a fast food junky and I finally realized that what was fast and easy, soon became expensive and harmful.
• Build social support: Although, I am getting …show more content…
Identify ALL barriers to behavior change.
• Overambitious goals: Setting my pace time higher than normal
• Self-defeating beliefs and attitudes: Starting to think that I am too old to run and unable to compete with the younger runners or even those in my age bracket.
• Lack of support and guidance: Lost the enjoyment of running.
5. Identify solutions to each barrier of behavior change.
• Overambitious goals: Decrease my pace time to a more comfortable one.
• Self-defeating beliefs and attitudes: Remember what motivated me to start running all those years ago. Plus, demonstrating to the skeptics from the past, that not only will I walk again, but I will return to competing in races.
• Lack of support and guidance: Return to the running groups that I once participated in and refocus my locus of control.
6. Determine your plan of action and develop short-term and long-term goals.
Short-term goals.
Time span: Within 30 days
Reward: Have a positive attitude towards the other runner and myself.
• Motivation: Remember why I run and most important, smile again.
• Return to Planet Fitness/YMCA: Have fun working out with others and stop being a lone wolf.
• Record my times and take notice of pace time.
Long-term