12. Only tracking your weight
If you're following your workout plan, listening to your body, and organizing your workout, you're on the right track to reach your goals. If you don't keep track of your progress, however, you're missing out on helpful information.
According to the National Institute for Fitness & Sport, tracking your fitness progress makes it more likely to reach and surpass your goal, hold yourself accountable, and reinforce your motivation to achieve that goal. It also makes it easier to see where you might be making mistakes.
No matter your goal, even if it is weight loss, other milestones deserve to be celebrated too since your weight isn't the only number that is important to your health.
Raddatz agreed and said that what you track can be completely personalized.
"I have a client who likes to write everything down everything she's done every single time, whether it's increasing her output in a cycling class increasing wattage wise, or getting lower splits in rowing classes," she said.
The same goes for people who like strength training in which case you could count your sets and reps.
"All those [measurements] come into play, and they are going to be key components, especially if you are interested in data and seeing your body perform better," Raddatz said.
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