Log your stress next to your sets
General Health · Beginner
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The load you do not record explains much of your bad weeks.
Micro-habits to get started
Small actions of a few minutes to start this habit:
A 1-to-5 scale
Perceived stress and sleep quality, in the same place you record your sets.
1 minCross-check monthly
Compare your worst training weeks with your worst context weeks.
They usually coincide, and that changes the diagnosis entirely.
5 minCut volume, not intensity
When stress rises, trim sets and keep the loads.
The program is not the problem: your recovery budget shrank.
2 min