Activity Tracker Whiteboard

A great way to track your activity and exercise levels is through a whiteboard! I opt for a larger whiteboard, but it can be any size. Making this chart on a whiteboard adds ease of use and an extra layer of fun that writing in a notebook simply cannot give you.

For an activity chart whiteboard, here are the tools and supplies you will need:

Whiteboard (here are some of my favs)
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Dry Erase Markers - multiple colors necessary!
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As you can see in this example, multiple colors are necessary in order to track different workouts. If you only use one color, you will only be able to track one workout… which almost defeats the purpose of the graph! I say almost, because if you only do one type of exercise, then it is okay to only use one color. It is up to your personal preference! But I definitely recommend more than one color, just to make it more fun.

Step one involves drawing a thick horizontal across the bottom of the whiteboard, leaving enough room underneath for the key and numbers. I always try to make this line as straight as possible, but that is pretty hard to do. I try to make it as straight as can be to make the graph easier to read. Since this graph is hand-drawn without a ruler, it can get a little overwhelming to look at. That is why it is important to make lines as straight as you can.

Underneath the thick line, you can start adding tallies to represent the days of the month. I like to label these marks every 5 days, but you can label them however you would like to. Under the number labels, I label the months. This just makes it easier to know what I am looking at once the chart is done.

After labeling the months, I make some more tallies going up the left side of the whiteboard. These tallys will represent every 10 mins, so I will label them as such. I like to make it at least go up to 2 hours as a maximum, but you should do however long your maximum activity level for the day usually is.

Now, its time for the fun part! Adding the colors! We are going to make they key by adding about 5 or 6 colors to represent different exercises that are in your normal rotation. We are then going to label the colors with the exercises you do. Some examples are:

Swimming
running
walking
biking
weightlifting
- arms
- legs
- back
stair stepper
skiing
abs

Now, it’s finally time to use the whiteboard graph! Every day, you will go in with the color(s) of the workout that you did that day and draw a line up to the minutes that you completed the workouts.