Why Tracking Your Strength Numbers is the Key to Success

If you want to get stronger, fitter, and more confident in your training, there’s one habit you can’t afford to skip – tracking your progress. Whether you're just starting out or chasing new PR’s, recording your strength numbers is the secret weapon that keeps you moving forward.

1. See How Far You’ve Come

Nothing is more motivating than looking back and realising how much stronger you've become. When you track your lifts, times, and reps, you create a roadmap of your progress. Those small, steady improvements add up over time and remind you that your hard work is paying off!

2. Keep Pushing Your Limits

Strength gains don’t happen by accident – they come from consistently challenging yourself. Without tracking your numbers, it’s easy to stay in your comfort zone and miss out on real progress. Logging your lifts helps you push a little harder each session, ensuring you're getting stronger week after week.

3. Stay Motivated and Focused

We all have days where training feels tough, but your progress log is proof that you're getting better. Seeing the weights you once struggled with become your warm-up sets is a huge confidence boost. It also helps you set clear, achievable goals that keep you excited to show up and put in the work.

4. Break Through Plateaus

If you’ve ever felt stuck, tracking your numbers is the key to breaking through. It helps you identify when to adjust your training, add recovery time, or tweak your approach. More awareness means smarter training and fewer frustrating plateaus.

Start Tracking Today!

Don’t leave your progress to guesswork. Grab a notebook, use WodBoard, or write it in your phone notes—just start tracking! The numbers don’t lie, and they’ll show you just how strong you’re becoming.

Keep pushing, keep tracking, and keep winning!

To track your workouts and numbers in WodBoard, it’s super simple - the app prompts you to add your numbers for every class you do - or you can go to your Training History in the main menu, and add anything you do in Open Gym too.