2019 Workout Review

2019 was a strong year for me. This was the year I decided to get myself into a running/workout routine and stick with it. Of course there were days that went by without getting a workout in, but for the most part I am happy with all I accomplished. I became more aware of what I was putting into my body and listening to it when I was sore, tired, or sick. I learned how to push myself when needed and when it was necessary to slow down and enjoy the little things in my workouts and runs. I also learned how important goals are and what it feels like to accomplish these goals. Each month there were goals that I beat and others I added to the next month to try and overcome. These are things I want to continue in 2020. I want to keep running and pushing myself to do even better than I did this year.

These goals will be laid out in my January 2020 workout blog post. One thing I started doing about half way through my workout routines was keeping track week by week how many days I ran, did abs, and rested. Because of the analytical training I have gotten through my studies at Western, I decided to track this data and see what trends I could pull from it.

The above graph shows how many days per week I was active, this includes both running and gym days versus how many rest days I took. It is also important to note that the weeks are not ordered chronologically, but go from the most days I was active (6 out of the 7 days) all the way down to the one week where I didn’t work out at all. As you can see, a majority of the weeks were spent with 4 days of working out with 3 days of rest. There was only one week where I took the entire week off. If I remember correctly, this was the week where I had the flu and was bed ridden for most of it. I also had a sold amount of weeks where I worked out 5 of the 7 days. I like how this graph visually breaks down how many days per week I spent working out.

Below is another graph that breaks down how active I was for the whole year. This is the graph on the left and labeled “Active Days and Rest Days”. As you can see, I was active 50.82% of the time. This means I worked out 50% of the year. I broke this information down even further and calculated what percent of my active days were spent running versus how many of those days were spent weight training or doing abs. This can be seen in the far right graph labels “Run Days and Gym Days”. As you can see, there was a fairly even split between gym and run days. Gym days were about 10% higher than my running days. This is something I hope to maintain in 2020, if not push to have more running days over gym days.

Overall I am happy with the progress I made this year. I really wanted to get into better shape and I feel like this is something I accomplished. Of course there are things I want to work on in 2020 but I am happy with the progress I made in 2019. I am starting to realize that this blog is a great way to hold myself accountable and reflect on what I accomplished every day. This is something that will continue through 2020. I am excited to see what another year will bring and I can’t wait to update you on all my accomplishments!