Stages of Personal Fitness Progress

• INITIAL STAGE - Start slowly and build up gradually.

  This stage typically lasts for about the first six weeks of training and it serves to familiarize with exercise training.
• IMPROVEMENT STAGE - This stage usually lasts for the next four to eight months of the exercise programme and the rate of progression is more rapid than the initial conditioning stage.
• IMPROVEMENT STAGE - This stage usually lasts for the next four to eight months of the exercise programme and the rate of progression is more rapid than the initial conditioning stage.
• MAINTENANCE STAGE - This stage is designed to preserve the level that is achieved in the improvement stage. The maintenance stage should be continued on a regular, long-term basis.