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Whether you prefer to keep it simple with a daily workout log or need something more comprehensive like a weekly workout schedule, I've got you covered. These workout log templates are available in PDF, JPG, and transparent PNG formats, making them perfect for printing or using in your digital planners.

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Here is a description of each fitness log and what the workout sheets look like. 

]]> 📖 Personal Logs Alicia Potter https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/free-workout-log-printable-sheets-daily-weekly-monthly/ https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/tracking-daily-step-counts-can-be-useful-for-weight-management/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:37:28 +0000
Over the past decade, smartphones have become ubiquitous not just for sending texts and staying abreast of news, but also for monitoring daily activity levels.

Among the most common, and arguably the most meaningful, tracking method for daily physical activity is step counting.

Counting steps is far more than a fad: The US Department of Health and Human Services dedicated a sizeable portion of its most recent physical activity guidelines to documenting the relationship between daily step counts and several chronic diseases.

Unfortunately, the guidelines have little to say about how step counts might be used to aid in weight management, an outcome of critical importance given the high rates of overweight and obese people in the US.

In the early 1980s, fewer than 14 per cent of adults in the US were classified as obese.

Today, just over 40 years later, the prevalence of obesity is greater than 40 per cent in the adult population, and current trends suggest that almost half of adults in the US will be obese by 2030.

I am a professor of exercise science at Kennesaw State University, and our lab has been conducting studies examining relationships among step counts and a number of health outcomes.

]]> 📖 Personal Logs Donna King https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/tracking-daily-step-counts-can-be-useful-for-weight-management/ https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/account-temporary-on-hold/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:37:28 +0000
]]> 📖 Personal Logs Morgan Cooper https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/account-temporary-on-hold/ https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/14-sports-psychology-techniques-tips-for-coaching-athletes/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:37:28 +0000
At present, more than 20 U.S. runners break that same barrier every year (Stulberg & Magness, 2017). Performance gains have been found in both physical and mental training.

Whether competing with elite athletes or as an amateur, hanging in and being calm under pressure, remaining focused, and maintaining self-belief are all vital aspects needed to push personal limits (Sheard, 2013).

This article explores sports psychologists’ techniques and tips that can help improve athletes’ game, overcome the obstacles they face, and deliver consistently high performances.

Before you continue, we thought you might like to download our five positive psychology tools for free. These detailed, science-based exercises will help you or your clients create actionable goals and master techniques to create lasting behavior change.

Typically, sports psychologists’ activities fall into three major categories, each with its specific skills (Moran, 2012):

The following coaching skills are crucial to be effective in an applied role, coaching individuals or teams of athletes:

]]> 📖 Personal Logs Vincent Hudson https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/14-sports-psychology-techniques-tips-for-coaching-athletes/ https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/scale-weight-vs-true-progress-understanding-weekly-averages-the-bodybuilding-dietitians/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:37:28 +0000
Before allowing a single reading to shape expectations, it helps to understand what the scale is actually capturing.

Your body is in constant flux. Even in the absence of true tissue change, several variables shift throughout the week.

Fluid balance alone can account for meaningful day-to-day variability. Glycogen storage fluctuates depending on carbohydrate intake and training demands. Gastrointestinal content changes with food volume and fibre intake. Inflammation from training can temporarily increase fluid retention. Hormonal variations influence water balance. Sleep quality and stress physiology alter sodium handling and hydration status.

A reading taken an hour earlier than usual, before bowel movements or fluid loss, can look meaningfully different from the following day’s number under different conditions.

]]> 📖 Personal Logs Danielle Lyons https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/scale-weight-vs-true-progress-understanding-weekly-averages-the-bodybuilding-dietitians/ https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/long/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 08:37:28 +0000 📖 Personal Logs Sandy Hays https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/long/ https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/fitness-tracker/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:37:28 +0000
💡 Pro Tip: Print multiple copies to track different time periods or projects simultaneously. Check out our monthly planning routine guide for more tips.

]]> 📖 Personal Logs Natasha King https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/fitness-tracker/ https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/github/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:37:28 +0000 📖 Personal Logs Tyler Christensen https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/github/ https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/meditation-for-athletes-how-to-start-benefits-types-of-meditation/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 08:37:28 +0000
When strength athletes think about gains, the first thing that comes to mind tends to be picking up heavy weights and putting them back down. Lifters — perhaps especially bodybuilders — also tend to consider nutrition to be a crucial part of their programming. Mobility, sleep, and physical recovery-related aspects of strength sports sometimes get their dues, too.

But too rarely do most strength athletes consider what is arguably one of the most crucial tenets of lifting heavy — mindset. Meditation can be an incredibly impactful way to improve your recovery, reduce your stress, and even help you get stronger and build more muscle in the gym. And while meditation for strength athletes isn’t a replacement for getting help with your mental health if you need it, it can be a good supplement to professional assistance.

Meditation might not be the first place lifters turn to when they need to improve their training game or bust through plateaus. But learning to meditate — and making it a consistent practice — can help elevate strength athletes to the top of their class. Learning to meditate when you hate meditation or when meditation has given you anxiety in the past can be difficult — but so is perfecting your barbell snatch or learning to squat heavy.

]]> 📖 Personal Logs Todd Wiley https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/meditation-for-athletes-how-to-start-benefits-types-of-meditation/ https://anabolicmate.com/community/%f0%9f%93%96-personal-logs/the-14-best-oura-apps-and-integrations-to-supercharge-your-smart-ring/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 08:37:28 +0000
Last year, the company announced an integrations library so users can connect a host of services to the Oura app. The idea is to expand the ecosystem by allowing Oura to communicate with other apps, with two-way syncing often available and allowing users to enjoy richer platforms.

While Oura excels at tracking sleep and core vitals, the form factor limits its capabilities in other areas. Workouts are an example of where Oura and smart ring competitors struggle.

Some apps, including glucose monitoring and women’s health metrics, are subject to FDA regulation, which means integrating is a perfect way to bring top-grade features to Oura without the ring having to track it natively.

In total, Oura supports over 800 integrations. It’s an impressive number, to be sure, but we’re not going to list them all. Instead, and because most require a subscription to both services, we’ve selected 14 that we believe are the best and most far-reaching.

To try these out, open the Oura app’s hamburger menu (in the top left) and select ‘Integrations’.

Natural Cycles is the only FDA-cleared birth control app that connects to Oura for biometric insights. Using the smart ring, it analyzes body temperature and other key indicators to determine users’ daily fertility status, helping them plan or prevent pregnancy naturally.

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