256: Why writing down your lifts and training is a game changer

About this episode

Kathryn discusses the importance of writing down lifts and tracking training progress for better performance and consistency.

Welcome to our second solo episode of 2025! If you have not already listened to episode 255 we suggest you start there. In todays segment Kathryn is talking about the value of writing down your lifts and keeping track of your numbers over the long term. When you write down your lifts you collect valuable data about yourself, your patterns, and you gain a lot of context. If training isn't going well or feeling great, you have a log to look back through which will help you make strategic changes. Tracking your lifts over time also shows gaps in the training, shows where you might need more consistency, more or less volume etc... Listen to this episode to learn more about writing down your lifts and why it's so useful. To join our next strength program in January, Pull-Up Club click here! If you are newer to strength training and want to browse our many classes and equipment tutorials, click here to check out the Mindful Strength Membership Thanks for listening!! If you are loving this podcast and listening on Apple, scroll down and leave us a review. We appreciate you being here.

People in this episode

Host: Kathryn Bruni-Young

Topics covered

• strength training
• tracking progress
• fitness
• data collection
• training consistency

Keywords

• lifts
• training log
• strength training
• performance tracking
• fitness data

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