How to Improve Physical Fitness Improving your physical fitness can help you improve your overall health and feel more confident. First, assess your level of physical fitness. Then, depending on how physically fit you are, improving your physical fitness level may be as simple as starting an exercise program or you may be looking to achieve some specific fitness goals. No matter your fitness level, there are some strategies that you can use to achieve your goals. Method One of Three: Increasing Your Physical Activity 1 Set goals . Having a fitness goal or a series of little goals that you are working towards will help you to stay focused and may even help to keep you motivated. Make sure that you set goals that are SMART (specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic, and time-based). [1] For example, if you want to exercise every day, you might set your goal as something like, “I will go for a brisk 30 minute walk every morning this week.” 2