I've been doing cardio and lifting weights semi-regularly for the last few years (semi-regularly meaning usually two or three times a week, but with breaks for travel and the occasional illness). As part of that, I keep notes of what exercises I've done, what weight, and how many reps, in the form "calf machine, 75 pounds, 13, 11; 70 pounds, 11". These are for my own reference, so I don't worry that someone else may not know what calf machine I'm talking about. (These are most of what goes behind the cut tags.)
I was thinking, today, that the numbers may be getting in the way of focusing on the exercise itself, and of paying attention to my body and how I feel as I exercise.
So I'm considering dropping the record-keeping for a bit, and seeing how it feels. Replacing the nice neat lists with just something like "2/21, a good workout" or "went to the gym, but stopped early because I wasn't into it."
Has anyone here tried stopping keeping the sort of records I've been doing? If so, what effects did you notice?
[cross-posted from
irongirls, in slightly different form]
I was thinking, today, that the numbers may be getting in the way of focusing on the exercise itself, and of paying attention to my body and how I feel as I exercise.
So I'm considering dropping the record-keeping for a bit, and seeing how it feels. Replacing the nice neat lists with just something like "2/21, a good workout" or "went to the gym, but stopped early because I wasn't into it."
Has anyone here tried stopping keeping the sort of records I've been doing? If so, what effects did you notice?
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