This achievement is important to me because I constantly want to improve my running time and that 5:00 has been like a wall that I can’t cross in the past year, so it would feel amazing to break that barrier and just improve my time. From this I would not only benefit from a faster running time but also the motivation to continue running and to feel like if I push myself, it’s worth it. I think that if I continue running 3 to 5 times a week like I am currently doing, I will be able to improve my running time to 5:00 minutes for 1 km. If I don’t reach that goal during the semester, I will probably be able to get there during the summer, so I think this can only increase my motivation to run.
My third personal fitness objective would be to improve my endurance and speed when doing sit ups as to be able to do 32 of them in 30 seconds instead of 23. This would be accomplished by not only doing more sit ups, crunches and other exercises that help build abdominal muscle, but also by doing more sets, of maybe less of those exercises but timed as to improve the speed. From the accomplishment of this …show more content…
because there are always exercises that can be done to improve the number of push ups, of sit ups, etc. done without needing any material. As such, material resources (except small weights, yoga mat and other basic workout gear) are only optional. The help of trainer, instructor, trained staff, etc. though also not necessary, can be found within the people who take part in the Défi, such that if I need any help concerning how something is done, how to do a better workout, etc. I can always see them or go on YouTube or the Web to watch how a certain exercise is done, because there is a lot of good fitness content on the Web, even though not everything on the Web is