Undated 31-day edition · Strength & conditioning

Most missed sessions are decided before you reach the gym.

A thirty-one day daily practice that makes you write it down — the morning numbers, the session you planned, every working set, what you ate, how you slept, and an honest evaluation at the end of the day.

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The problem

You already know the programme. What you don't have is a record of what you actually did — and of the mood that talked you out of the sessions you skipped.

Anyone who has lost a year in the gym can tell you which programme they were running. Almost none of them can tell you what they were thinking the four times they decided not to go. That gap is where the year went.

This workbook closes it by making the same eight things non-negotiable, every single day, in the same order — so the pattern in your behaviour becomes visible on paper long before it becomes visible in the mirror.

What's inside

Eight steps. Every day. Same order.

The sequence is deliberate: you observe before you judge, and you judge before you act. Each day runs three pages.

01

Morning Body Check-In

Bodyweight, resting heart rate, energy, and what still hurts from yesterday. Taken the same way each morning, or the numbers mean nothing.

02

Today's Session Plan

Focus, start time, duration, warm-up, and the one thing you intend to beat. Written at the door, not at the rack.

03

Training Log

Weight and reps for every working set, plus reps left in reserve. This is the page the whole book exists to hold.

04

Training Psychology

How you felt walking in and the excuse you noticed. Missed sessions are decided here, hours before the gym.

05

Nutrition & Hydration

Protein, calories, water, and the meals as they actually happened — not as they were meant to.

06

Recovery & Sleep

Hours, quality, mobility work, and the niggle you are choosing to ignore. Adaptation happens here, not under the bar.

07

Study Notes

One thing learned, cited APA-style. Thirty-one entries and you have built yourself a reading list.

08

Daily Summary

Two honest questions and a ladder of goals, from tomorrow out to seventeen years.

Look inside

Actual pages, not mockups.

Set in EB Garamond and Inter, printed with generous ruled lines because it is meant to be written in by hand.

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What you get

One purchase, three files.

Print-ready

PDF

100 pages, US Letter, bookmarked so you can jump to any day. Print the whole thing or one day at a time.

Reflowable

EPUB

For Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo and every other reader. Reads properly on a phone when you want to review a past entry.

Editable

Word (.docx)

Adapt the prompts to your own process, change the sections, or add your own. The file is yours to modify.

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A complete day — all eight sections across three pages, exactly as they appear in the full workbook. Print it, use it for one session, and see whether the format holds up for you.

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The author

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J.D Thorne

J.D Thorne keeps a journal for training for the same reason he keeps one for trading. This workbook is not a training programme, a diet, or advice for your particular circumstances — it is a structure for keeping an honest record of what you actually did.

It came out of the same observation as the first one: the weeks that cost the most were never the weeks the programme was hardest. They were the weeks nothing got written down.

Questions

Before you buy.

Do I need to follow a particular programme?

No. The workbook does not prescribe training — it gives you a repeatable structure for recording and reviewing whatever you are already doing, whether that is a strength block, classes, or three sessions a week you make up as you go.

What files do I get?

Three: a print-ready PDF, a reflowable EPUB for Kindle and other e-readers, and an editable Word (.docx) file if you want to adapt the pages to your own training.

Is it dated?

No. Days run 01 to 31 and you write the date in yourself, so it never goes stale and you can start on any day of the year — including a Wednesday in November.

Is this medical or coaching advice?

No. This is an educational and record-keeping tool. It is not medical, physiotherapeutic, nutritional or coaching advice. Consult a qualified physician before starting any exercise programme, and stop if something hurts.

Thirty-one days. Written in pen.

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