January By The Numbers

Welcome to By the Numbers! Each month I look back at the passive data my watch collects and try to make adjustments going forward. I look at things like average sleep duration, average sleep score from Garmin, total steps/daily average and workouts completed. As always, I hope this inspires you to do the same - look back and make some adjustments for the upcoming month.

Steps: 286,004 total for a daily average of 9226.

About what I expected. I was trying to get 10k steps earlier in January, inspired by Hannah, whose streak is still climbing. I found it to be more challenging than expected. If I learned anything, the colder months are tricky to get enough activity in. Not only is it cold, but it’s cold and dark. In January of 2024 however, I only averaged 7011 steps for the month, and that’s the importance of checking your data!

Sleep: average 7 hours 2 minutes, average sleep score 78.

Annoyed at this. I’ve been working the sleep game hard and in January I was getting to bed early and even trying to sleep in more than normal, although, we did have a bit of an unusual month. Hannah had two work trips and Taylor went on vacation - so I was out of my routine for 3 out of 4 weeks. Still! I thought I logged more sleeping time than this. Not to complain, but my new watch is so sensitive that each night I wake up with 10-15 minutes of “awake” time, when I don’t feel as though I was really awake.

This is the importance of doing these reviews - it lets me check if the data correlates with how I actually feel. And this sleep score seems lower than I deserve!

Workouts:  31

I had a good month of training after the 10k swings in December. I did do kb swings once in the month, but other than that, I ran 9 times, and did a lot of conditioning for used workouts. I primarily rode the AirBike, but also did a few SkiErg and Rower workouts as well. I took 3 total rest days too. Looking through these workouts, many of them were 20-30 minutes in length, just check the box and get them done. Parts of the year training is a priority, while other times I just like to check the box and move on.

As always, thanks for reading and I hope it inspires you to look back and reflect as well. See if you can make small adjustments as we head into the next month.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain