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MySportTraining Android User’s Guide 38
8.2. Reviewing Your Performance
The Journal provides you with the right workout information. Regularly review your past
workouts – especially those for when you felt very strong – and identify the conditions
that led to better results. For instance, if you find out that your best workouts were
achieved when waking up with a low heart rate, you may want to back off when you
wake up with an elevated one.
Take a look at the Month view to assess how consistent you have been regarding your
training (consistency is key in any fitness program). If there are long periods of inactivity,
you might want to try to find out how you could include one or two workouts to maintain
your fitness.
Use the report view to determine whether you’ve reached your goals (number of
workouts, total duration, etc.) for a given period of time by looking at the totals line at the
bottom of the list. This is very useful for comparing your actual training against a long
term training plan.
Frequently review the graphs to obtain precise feedback:
 The Duration, Distance and Weight lifted graphs show you the volume of your
workouts (i.e., how much you exercise). With the Report view, it’s also the
easiest way to measure your progress towards long term goals. For instance, if
you set a personal goal of exercising at least 20 hours per month,
MySportTraining’s duration chart will allow you to accurately track your
monthly progress by showing your how much time you spent exercising. You
will be able to make corrections by adding more workouts if need be, or simply
maintain the same volume if you are well on your way to reaching your
objective. Either way, the charts will tell you where you stand with respect to
your goal(s).
 The pace and training heart rate charts are excellent tools for helping you to
identify your overall fitness (the heart rate graph can be substituted by the
intensity and exertion chart). For instance, for a given course and average heart
rate (or exertion), your pace will likely increase over several weeks as your
fitness improves (you will be able to cover more distance in less time for the
same effort). Similarly, for a given course and pace, your heart rate will likely
decrease over time, given your body’s improved ability to sustain a certain level
of effort.
 The resting heart rate is also a useful graph for identifying which past workouts
put stress on your body. For instance, if you increase the volume of your
workouts over a few weeks (i.e., exercising several hours more than usual), and
the chart shows a gradual elevation of your resting heart rate, you may have
become overtrained. It could be best to reduce volume and intensity for the next
days in order to recuperate.