diff --git a/classy_vision/hooks/tensorboard_plot_hook.py b/classy_vision/hooks/tensorboard_plot_hook.py
index 4d5b906d23..57caee2710 100644
--- a/classy_vision/hooks/tensorboard_plot_hook.py
+++ b/classy_vision/hooks/tensorboard_plot_hook.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class TensorboardPlotHook(ClassyHook):
     on_start = ClassyHook._noop
     on_end = ClassyHook._noop
 
-    def __init__(self, tb_writer) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, tb_writer, log_period: int = 10) -> None:
         """The constructor method of TensorboardPlotHook.
 
         Args:
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@ def __init__(self, tb_writer) -> None:
         self.tb_writer = tb_writer
         self.learning_rates: Optional[List[float]] = None
         self.wall_times: Optional[List[float]] = None
-        self.num_steps_global: Optional[List[int]] = None
+        self.num_updates: Optional[List[int]] = None
+        self.log_period = log_period
 
     def on_phase_start(self, task: "tasks.ClassyTask") -> None:
         """Initialize losses and learning_rates."""
         self.learning_rates = []
         self.wall_times = []
-        self.num_steps_global = []
+        self.num_updates = []
+        self.step_idx = 0
 
         if not is_master():
             return
@@ -80,11 +82,14 @@ def on_step(self, task: "tasks.ClassyTask") -> None:
             # Only need to log the average loss during the test phase
             return
 
-        learning_rate_val = task.optimizer.parameters.lr
+        if self.step_idx % self.log_period == 0:
+            learning_rate_val = task.optimizer.parameters.lr
 
-        self.learning_rates.append(learning_rate_val)
-        self.wall_times.append(time.time())
-        self.num_steps_global.append(task.num_updates)
+            self.learning_rates.append(learning_rate_val)
+            self.wall_times.append(time.time())
+            self.num_updates.append(task.num_updates)
+
+        self.step_idx += 1
 
     def on_phase_end(self, task: "tasks.ClassyTask") -> None:
         """Add the losses and learning rates to tensorboard."""
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@ def on_phase_end(self, task: "tasks.ClassyTask") -> None:
 
         if task.train:
             for learning_rate, global_step, wall_time in zip(
-                self.learning_rates, self.num_steps_global, self.wall_times
+                self.learning_rates, self.num_updates, self.wall_times
             ):
                 self.tb_writer.add_scalar(
                     learning_rate_key,
diff --git a/test/manual/hooks_tensorboard_plot_hook_test.py b/test/manual/hooks_tensorboard_plot_hook_test.py
index 6214c4f398..fb73f07dae 100644
--- a/test/manual/hooks_tensorboard_plot_hook_test.py
+++ b/test/manual/hooks_tensorboard_plot_hook_test.py
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ def flush(self):
 
         writer = DummySummaryWriter()
         hook = TensorboardPlotHook(writer)
+        hook.log_period = 1
         task.set_hooks([hook])
         task.optimizer.param_schedulers["lr"] = mock_lr_scheduler