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The Mass Dateline Training Record

Mass Dateline focuses on making training records understandable, with articles about trends, substitutions, session timing, and thoughtful experiments.

  1. Read a training trend without overreacting to one session

    A trend describes a pattern across time, not the most recent number in the log.

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  2. Keep exercise substitutions visible in your data

    A training record becomes misleading when substitutions are hidden under the original exercise name.

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  3. Use session duration to find a planning problem

    The length of a workout can reveal how well the plan fits your circumstances.

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  4. Give a training experiment a clear beginning and end

    Changing something in your routine can be informative when the question is specific.

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  5. Keep your training archive useful as it grows

    Months of notes can become difficult to navigate if every session uses a different format.

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