HOW DO YOU MEASURE UP?

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“What gets measured, gets improved” - Peter Drucker

Often we come across a fancy quote and sometimes it hits home, and sometimes it just flies over our heads (like most things). The quote above definitely hit home for me.

How many times do we complain about our weight? Body composition? Technique? Anything really? OFTEN, and when I say often I guarantee you on the daily. 

So do you measure? Do you measure your daily food intake? Do you take progress pictures of yourself often to compare improvement in body composition? Do you track your daily step count? Do you take videos of your lifts to see where you can tweak your technique? 

I bet you straight up the answer is NO to most of these questions. If you don’t have numbers, data or evidence how do you know if you are on the right track to improvement? How do you know if you are hitting your protein goal? How do you know that  you are not over indulging? How do you know how much weight you are lifting?

If being healthy is important to you, then measuring your progress should be even more important. Here are  a few easy ways to measure and track your progress:

  1. Get a step tracker - most smart watches and phones have these built in nowadays. Set your daily goal to 10 000 and check your progress every hour. Tracking your steps is one, if not the most efficient way to keep up your daily NEAT. And we all know being NEAT is the way to go for fat loss.


  1. Log your calories - knowing how much you eat on a daily basis can help you iron out those diet issues. NO matter how many times a day you train, if you eat more calories  than you burn, you WILL NOT lose body fat. Using an app like My Fitness Pal is an amazing way to track calories. You will also be surprised at how unhealthy your apparently “healthy” food choices are.


  1. Sleep - Again most smart swatches have a built in sleep tracker. Obviously they are not as accurate as a scientific sleep study, but they are quite useful to give you an idea of what’s happening in La-La Land. Remember 7-9 hours of sleep is where champions are made.

  2. Track your workouts - Yes that is correct. Get a notebook, write down your daily workout and record your time or weights used. How will you know if you are getting fitter or stronger if you don’t pencil it in. It’s part of your daily routine. I think it’s only appropriate if you give it some attention as well. 

  1. Take videos - I’m not talking about flexing your biceps or showing off your six pack on social media. Record your lifts, re-watch it, ask your coach what you should be doing better. The only way to improve your movement, is to see yourself move and then get fixes to move better.


  1. Take photos - Again yes! And you can put down the newspaper, because it’s not 1995. Each week choose a day of the week and grab a pic of yourself in your bikini or speedo. The scale doesn't always move like we want it to, but a picture does paint a thousand words.

Being better is not always easy, but it’s not  as hard as we make it out to be. If we see what we do wrong, we can change it. We can fix it. We can improve it. We can become better. And isn’t that what we all want? To be better.

So how do you measure up? 

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