26 — Sunday, March 8, 1998 — North Chore News

Shape up the S.M.A.R.T.

OKAY, now let’s be
honest — that New
Year’s resolution about
getting back in shape is
but a vague memory and
with a bit of luck will be
gone complerely real
soon.

The trouble is winter is
nearly over and most of us
know if we're in guod phesical
shape we feel and look better,
thereby being able te take full
advantage of the wonderful
summer season here in par-
adise.

Many individuals still strug-
gle to stay with any sort of real
exercise program and aren't
quite sure why everything
seems to come unglued after
what looked like a promising
opportunity to turn the tables
and finally get back into the
kind of condition they deserve
for themselves. As a physical
trainer and coach | see many
adults get involved in programs
with great enthusiasm only to
drift away after several weeks,
or even months, of making a
real effort to get on track.

Everyone understands at an
intellecrual level the impor-
tance of physical, emotional
and mental wellness, but with
all che distractions of modern
day life around us. we secm to
get side-tracked, and after
making the necessary BS
excuses to ourselves, end up
back at square one.

Unfortunately, some will
get the chance to truly under-
stand the importance of con-
trallable wellness only when
their doctor tells them about
the diabetes just diagnosed, or
when recovering in intensive
care after a stroke, heart attack
or some other “popular” dis-
ease in Our so-called “advanced
and developed society.”

Some keys in achieving suc-
cess with exercise (other than
attitude, determination and
strength of character, of
course) include setting specific
goals and not biting off more
than you can chew. The old
Proverb of a thousand mile
journey starting with a single
step holds true in ail areas of
human development, and ath-
letic training is no different.

Start slowly with a custom
designed program in the area
of finess you enjoy or would
like to become more proficient

Clover Leaf
sockeye

in. Set a specific goal for use as
a measurement of your
achievement and get going.
One method of monitoring
progress and giving yourseli'a
meaningtul shor at success is by
following the SMLALRT. pro-

gram. It works as follows:

@ Specific: Pinpoint what vou
want fo do.

@ Measurable: Give it a num-
ber. How much? How many?
How long? Where?

@ Achievable: Deter-mine your
current baseline and work up
from there.

B® Realise: Consider the facts
and your current situation. Be
Sure Not fo set reo many goals
atone time — vou want to
make sure vou can accomplish
them.

@ Time frame: Shorter is casier.
When are you going to do it? Is

it possible now?

So... make 1998 vour vear
to set and achieve something
for “vou” — something excit-
ing and interesting to become
A springboard tor a lite long
relationship with vourselt and
your own potential, A thought:
“If vou dou not wish aman to
do anvthing, vou had better
get him to talk about it; tor the
more men talk the more likely
they are to do nothing!”

Shane Collins is a trainer,
athleti: coach aswell as an
accomplished ultra endurance
riomer and swimaner.

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

Getting his kicks

EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Todd Mclaughlin shows great form during a sparring bout
at the Sixth Annual World Traditional Taekwondo Union Internationa!
Championships at Capilano College. Todd won the match.

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