February by the Numbers

March (and Spring?) is here. It was nice to have some warmer weather this past weekend to get the kids outside.

As I like to do each month, here’s my February by the Numbers. I look back at any data I collected. Things like total workouts, steps and sleep. Instead of paying attention to those things day to day (I do sometimes), more often than not, I reflect back on them to see if I can spot any trends or make some adjustments for the next month. It’s nice a way to put all that data to use and a good practice to put in place.

Workouts: 20. I’m following my program for the weightlifting meet and not doing much else these days. In February, there were a couple times I had to split my workout into two days, or did some easy conditioning or body building work (mostly to hang out with Hannah while she was working out during nap time). I’m learning I prefer to do a little something everyday rather than 4 big training days. I’m after a different stimulus now though, and that means training a little different. This week I’m reminding myself to spend more time stretching post workout.

Steps: February daily average was 6,372. Probably my lowest average in a few years due to the reasons above. About 1000 lower than January. Definitely not trending the way I would prefer, but as I mentioned above, training right now is much different than normal. I’m specializing for a sport for a specific event on a specific day. I expect this to improve in March just because the weather will be more favorable. Highest step day was 12,345. I went on a hike with Elliot that day and stacked firewood.

Sleep: 7 hours 22 minute average. Down almost 20 minutes from January! I’ve been getting more inconsistent with my bedtime again and it’s showing. While average is down though, I hit 8 hours 8 times last month, compared to only 5 times in January.

Have a good start to the week!

Justin Miner

@justinminergain