The Type I Fitness Plan Four Tips for Getting (and Staying) Motivated to ExerciseOn the jacket of this book is a runner—and that’s no accident. Running can have all the elements of Type I behavior. It’s autonomous. It allowsyou to seek mastery. And the people who keep at it, and enjoy it most, often run toward a greater purpose—testing their limits or staying healthyand vital. To help you bring the spirit of intrinsic motivation out of the office and classroom and into another realm of your life, here are four tipsfor staying fit the Type I way.Set your own goals. Don’t accept some standardized, cookie-cutter exercise plan. Create one that’s tailored to your needs and fitness level. (You can work
with a professional on this, but you make the final calls) Equally important, set the right kinds of goals. Ample research in behavioral science shows that people who seek to lose weight for extrinsic reasons—to slim down fora wedding or to look better at a class reunion—often reach their goals. And then they gain the weight back as soon as the target event ends. Meanwhile, people who pursue more intrinsic goals—to get fit in order to feelgood or to stay healthy for their family—make
slower progress at first, but achieve significantly better results in the long term.
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