12 Best Journals for Your Fitness Plan

Created with the help of fitness experts, this planner goes beyond just recording your workouts for the week. This six-month journal helps you document daily activities and your water and food intake as well as long-term goals, with weekly habit tracking, result recording, mood rating, grocery lists and more. To make it even more interactive and engaging, it comes with fun accessories like bookmarks and organizational stickers that might bring a little more joy to a tough workout. Though some may find that filling in all of those stats a bit time-consuming.

At under $10, this basic planner may be all you really need to plan out a slew of workouts for the week. Offering sections to add your training goals, there are training pages with columns to fill out each exercise including the number of sets, reps and weight, as well as any cardio and how you felt during the activity. For those with specific goals, there are also progress sections to write down measurements, weight and body fat percentage. With this simple yet effective log, you can record up to 100 workouts with 11 exercises for each. Just be aware that some reviewers on Amazon note that the cover is on the flimsy side.

Those building a workout routine for the first time could use some extra structure, and that’s what this straightforward journal excels at. The aim is to help you create SMART goals (a.k.a. specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound goals) with calendars, trackers for strength training and cardio and sections for recording body measurements. The most helpful for newbies, however, may be the guides on common exercises and nutrition to help get you started. Keep in mind that only eight exercises can be recorded on a page.

This slim, watercolored planner is filled with inspirational quotes and mini pep talks on setting goals. There are slots to record goals, body composition, daily activity (including water, steps and sleep) and food intake. It’s not as detailed for workout recording, but it’s still a great option for someone trying to add more movement into their life — and it comes with the brand’s popular stickers.

Exercising and nutrition go hand in hand, and this wellness planner is great for tracking both. Filled with weekly reviews and habit tracking, this 13-week journal also provides daily health tracking for your workouts and meal plan and you can flag reminders to “get outside” or for treat days with fun stickers. With your purchase, you’ll also receive several ebooks that feature information on meal planning, recipes and workouts to encourage healthy eating and exercise. The journal comes with a pen holder, closure band and is available in 17 colors, however a few reviewers on Amazon have noted that the paper quality could be better.

Tracking your workouts can match your aesthetic with this stunning hardcover journal from Papier that comes in seven trendy shades whether you’re partial to Barbie pink, Kelly green or lavender. While there is no detailed workout planning, it prioritizes overall wellness and emotions rather than specific exercises, offering sections to fill out activities, meals, what went well and what you’re thankful for each day over a three-month period. With consistency, you can help meet your goals and gain a better sense of how you feel implementing new goals and habits.

As the creators of some of the most beloved blank journals and organizers, Moleskin’s wellness journal offers a ton of customization options among the brand’s signature ivory pages. The book is divided into tabbed sections for personal goals, fitness, diet and health and care, with the fitness tab designed as a weekly grid to record daily exercises, warm-ups, reps, etc. This allows you to concoct weekly workouts and meal plans while also providing ample space for journaling your feelings, jotting down observations or devising future plans. This set-up may feel disjointed for those who prefer a journal that goes day by day with a complete overview of diet and exercise together on a page.

The compact Fitbook was made for toting around the gym with you with weekly schedules to log your workout routine as well as food. It includes slots to record your vitamins and water intake and sections to reflect on each week. You can note your progress through designated sections for weight, body fat percentage, waist measurement, calories burned, bench press weight and more. It comes with a pen, closure elastic and a storage sleeve, and because it’s spiral bound, it’s easier for the journal stay open for referencing while working out (just be careful not to tear out pages). Your purchase also grants you access to FitBook+ app that aims to better help you make an attainable 12-week goal.

If you need a push to get you going, this one is chock-full of encouragement for every step of the way. Featuring 16 weeks of daily records for workouts, food intake, and mood, this journal will motivate you to keep on moving with help from plenty of inspirational prompts, quotes and tips. What we like about it is that it helps empower you to create shorter-term goals to focus on that can go beyond physical fitness and into mental health, with sections for what you appreciate about your body and rating how your day went. One complaint some Amazon reviewers had is that there was not much room for food logging.

Fans of Cassie Ho, the founder of Blogilates, will appreciate her 90-day journal that allows you to fill up 90 days of workouts (whether you do Blogilates videos or do your own plan). It features progress charts, daily food, workout, mood and meal tracking so you can stay on top of your goals, though the font and boxes may run a little small to fit it all. It’s bright and colorful enough to get you excited to fill it out for the full three months — and the color-coded tabs labeled by week along the edge allow you to open up to the exact page you’re looking for.

Claimed to mimic the training journal developed by the U.S. Department of Defense to log a soldier’s daily and weekly health and fitness goals and take them to the next level with stats on their nutrition and emotional state, this leather workout planner is designed for those who thrive under structure. There are many slots to chronicle your fitness journey to help you establish consistency and accountability. It even goes so far as to monitor supplements, alcohol intake and stress levels, though recording everything may get too intensive for some people. In the back of the journal, you’ll find a built-in collapsible pouch that can hold things like your I.D., cards or cash.

Ink+Volt planners are popular for their goal-setting encouragement components, which is exactly what you’ll get with this pick. This undated, three-month planner lets you track everything from workouts (down to the reps and weight) to specific weekly goals (and the tasks you need to do to get there). Over time, it will help you develop accountability as you see yourself achieving your fitness goals in real time. Be careful with the flexible cover as it may make it more prone to bending.