The document outlines 5 key steps to establishing successful fitness goals: 1) Define specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely goals. 2) Devise a plan using backwards planning to reach goals. 3) Understand personal limits like schedule, injuries, and past derailments. 4) Establish a support system of accountable people, not just loved ones, to motivate progress. 5) Be patient, expect pitfalls or setbacks but never give up and keep working the plan.