How do you track your workouts?

[Candiceena]

Hi Everyone!

Quick question - how do you track your workouts?

I was tracking mine using Google Sheets, with a new tab for each month, but found that to be honestly, time consuming and not very user friendly, for some reason.

I have now switched over to simply tracking them in my daily planner, which is surprisingly working out quite well. I can also make notes about how I felt, what I ate that day, etc - and the "boxes" for each day are big enough and not pre-set like they are with FitBooks or other fitness trackers. I like that.

I am getting ready to start a brand new job on Monday so my life is going to be changing SO MUCH (for the better!!!) ... regular M-F schedule, weekends & federal holidays off, etc ... so am looking forward to more consistency with workouts, but would like to be able to track them.

Please share your tips and/or how you track your workouts!

[dutchgirl]

I plan my workouts in 6 week rotations where I go through 3 different instructors/systems for 3 weeks then repeat with different workouts from those same 3 instructors/systems. As am example, I'm currently doing a Firm/Jillian Michaels/TXT rotation. I create them in an Excel sheet and check off each workout when I'm done. I update rather than delete the Excel sheet and at the end of the year I can see exactly what workouts I did and how many days I worked out.

[txhsmom]

Originally Posted by Candiceena

Hi Everyone!

Quick question - how do you track your workouts?

I was tracking mine using Google Sheets, with a new tab for each month, but found that to be honestly, time consuming and not very user friendly, for some reason.

I have now switched over to simply tracking them in my daily planner, which is surprisingly working out quite well. I can also make notes about how I felt, what I ate that day, etc - and the "boxes" for each day are big enough and not pre-set like they are with FitBooks or other fitness trackers. I like that.

I am getting ready to start a brand new job on Monday so my life is going to be changing SO MUCH (for the better!!!) ... regular M-F schedule, weekends & federal holidays off, etc ... so am looking forward to more consistency with workouts, but would like to be able to track them.

Please share your tips and/or how you track your workouts!

I've tracked my workouts every which way over the years and have decided I like tracking them in my daily planner best, much for the same reasons you mentioned.

I'm also starting a new job on Monday - so cheers to our new jobs!

Carol

[OSusanna]

I use a cheap calendar for the day to day but then transfer everything into a database where I have all my video workouts and other activities logged. I can then run a report that will show me which activities (whether they be videos or other types) I've used most frequently by whatever span of time that I wish to track.

[Donna D]

Wishing you all the best as you start your new jobs Candice and Carol!

Congratulations!

[txhsmom]

Originally Posted by OSusanna

I use a cheap calendar for the day to day but then transfer everything into a database where I have all my video workouts and other activities logged. I can then run a report that will show me which activities (whether they be videos or other types) I've used most frequently by whatever span of time that I wish to track.

A database like Access?

Carol

[PhyllisG]

I use a daily planner that has a calendar for each month. The boxes are big enough to write in plus there are margins along the side I can make notes/comments in.

[OSusanna]

Originally Posted by txhsmom

A database like Access?

Carol

Yes. A very simple one that I built. Two tables, one for workout activities/videos and then one for the actual workouts.

[Candiceena]

Carol, congratulations & good luck to you on your new job! I bet this will be our best Monday in a long time!!

Thank you Donna for the kind words!

OSusanna, a database sounds great! I can see how it would be really nice to be able to run queries for that type of thing.

Glad to see others using the daily planner!! I have bought, in the past, many many daily planners but never had a real reason to use them! Now, I have found one, and I feel I didn't wast money on my latest planner, LOL! I am liking the handwritten tracking with using the daily planner because I feel like, for some reason, that the act of my physically picking up a pen and writing something down, really has a good positive psychological effect on me. IDK if that makes any sense, maybe it's just me!

[AsSweetAsSugar]

I guess I'm still old school, I use a notebook, that has a calendar for each month, and then between calendars It has a weekly planner with plenty of space to track my workouts, and add additional comment if I want to, as what weights I used, or something I'd like to remember about any particular workout. I use the calendar page to track my water intake everyday. There is also a memo page at the end of each month for additional notes, it is the best notebook I've found until now.



Mine is purple and more fun looking though.

ETA: Candice, I didn't see your post, I was probably editing mine, and totally missed it! Also, I wasn't sure if a daily planner was the same as a "notebook" or it was an online application. Glad to see I'm not the only one!