How to Make a Fitness Calendar

Creating a fitness calendar enables you to plan your workouts according to your schedule and organize your time better to fit exercise into your life each day. Certain components need to be included to have an efficient fitness calendar that you can follow without fail.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Calendar
• Planner
• Microsoft Excel
• Weight-loss chart

1. Purchase a calendar or planner that suits your life or create a fitness calendar with software on your computer, like Microsoft Excel. Some pre-made fitness planners specifically are designed to organize your exercise schedule and include spaces for nutrition, weight and inches lost.
2. Label each workout day with a summarized exercise plan that includes either cardiovascular exercise or strength training. Commit yourself to doing the pre-planned workouts each day.
3. Determine when you want to exercise. Block off sections of time in the morning if you enjoy starting your day with a workout or schedule time in the afternoon and evening if you prefer to relieve the day’s stresses through physical activity.
4. Vary your workouts. Work on different body parts each day and schedule rest. For instance, you might work shoulders and chest on Monday, back and abs on Tuesday, lower body on Wednesday, take off Thursday and start up with shoulders and chest again on Friday. Consult a trainer for the best regimen.
5. Create a monthly goal for yourself and note it at the end of each month. Make the exercises you do each day small steps toward that goal. If you reach it, reward yourself.
6. Make a weight-loss chart in your fitness calendar if you intend to lose weight. Seeing progress each week motivates you further and helps you reach your goal. Pre-planned exercise and fitness calendars generally contain a form like this, but you also can create your own.

Tips & Warnings

• Avoid scheduling repetitive workouts in the same week. Keep yourself motivated and interested by challenging your body with new routines to make sure you don’t get stuck in an exercise rut.