What Are Your 4 Exercise Goals?

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By Dr Khong Lamvichit on August 14, 2019 2 mins

Goal #1 - Build Muscle
Building muscle is priority.  When working on increasing muscle size you create a doorway for everything else.  This allows your body to generate power with lifting, control and stability for balance, and explosiveness for speed.  An overlooked attribute is body temperature regulation for those sweltering hot summer or frigid winter nights.

Goal #2 - Overall Fitness
​Improving your overall fitness.  This attribute could be the top-of-the-top when it comes to exercise goals.  When it comes to being able to perform at any given moment, you want to be sure you're at peak form with your exercises.

Goal #3 - Stamina
Improving overall stamina. Run, dance, or climb stairs much?  You would know what stamina or endurance feels like if you're a runner training for the Chicago marathon every year in October.  You want to include exercises that assists your endurance for running.  Many times athletes will have a one-sided training regimen which could lead to repetitive stress injuries.  Train outside the box!

Goal #4 - Overall Well-Being
​Improving your overall well-being.  Our last and final goal is to make you feel happy!  Those who train for intense competitions for powerlifting, crossfit, and martial arts will tell you how brutal their sport is, but what drives them is the passion to become faster, stronger, and smarter than who they were the day before.  They will tell you how they struggle with training, however at the same time they'll tell you of the "high" you will receive when you're done with training.  This comes from an influx of hormones that gives you this rush of euphoria after your exercising.

What an interesting time we live in!  We have more resources than ever to help each individual exercise and guide them through their workout journey.  At the same time, we have people who have paralysis-by-analysis.  If you are feeling paralyzed in the beginning of your journey this article will be your go-to for your path to a healthy lifestyle.  

Dr Khong Lamvichit

Dr. Khong Lamvichit has been establishing himself as the movement doctor in physical therapy, writer, presenter, sports injury doctor and chiropractic sports physician in Chicago, IL. Currently owner and president of Midwest Sport and Spine Inc.  at River North in Chicago, IL.  See his bio...