| In the cardiff health club, in which I run a | | | | So as a personal trainer in RCT, I'd recommend |
| successful RCT personal training company, I see | | | | you sit down with a Fitness professional in your |
| at first hand the goals in which people set. One of | | | | area and ensure that the goals that you set are; |
| my cardiff personal training clients, who has never | | | | Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and you |
| run before came to me and told me she had | | | | place a Time frame to achieve those goals. By |
| entered a half marathon in 4 months time and | | | | sharing your goals with someone else, this will |
| wanted to loose weight. | | | | increase your motivation to achieve them and |
| This Cardiff resident, has never run a single mile in | | | | make them real!! |
| her life and yet has entered a half marathon. This | | | | Running a half marathon in 4 months time, when |
| is an unrealistic goal and with her current fitness | | | | you are an over weight non exerciser is not a |
| levels and being overweight she is destined to pick | | | | specific goal and certainly not a realistic one. As a |
| up injuries. | | | | RCT personal trainer I'd recommend you consult |
| When you run 1 mile, you are theoretically doing | | | | a professional to ensure that the goals you set |
| hundreds and hundreds of single leg hops. This | | | | are not going to cause harm or injury. |
| places a lot of strain on the knees, ankles and | | | | Exercise should be progressive and gradually |
| hips. So it is important that some conditioning | | | | increase intensity; especially for those who are |
| takes place first. | | | | new to exercise. |