Posted: 11/19/2006 9:58:22 AM EDT
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I'm curious...since I hardly ever see anyone in my gym taking notes on what they do except for the brand-newbies who are given the log sheets to fill out by the staff. I have also gone to other gyms when out of town and never see anyone writing down their performance. If you ask me...if you're going to spend hours per week working out, you might as well "go the extra foot" and write down notes (weight / reps / comments) so you can make the most of your time. What do you say? |
| I use one of these www.davedraper.com/iron-steel-training-log.html |
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Ive been out of college for over ten years now. Got completely out of shape and started back on a program. Im so glad that ive kept a log of every workout, with how much ive lifted, what ive eaten, and sometimes my weight loss... It such a valuable tool. I always do it |
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No. My traner filled out the paper the first day with what I did that day. At the end of the day I through it on the floor and told here I wasn't going to do that. I lift till my arms hurt to much to lift any more, then I do something different, then come back to it again. The next day I lift at least 5lbs more + more reps. I'll know I'm done when I lift ALL the weights, then rip the machines off the floor!!!  My memery is pretty good as well. |
I agree...in the past couple weeks I have gotten really anal and set up a spreadsheet. There are three different "sheets" in the log, and each sheet corresponds to one day of workout (I do a 3-day split). On the 4th sheet I list my body weight and sometimes fat content. For the exercise sheets, each exercise gets 3 columns, 1 for each set. They run horizontally and I only use 1 row per day. So with it organized this way, I can scan down a column and see how my progress is from 1 workout to the next easily. Seeing the progress happen has been extremely motivational to me. Also, I just found this on Google--if you have a gmail account, go to the "other services" section and look for "documents and spreadsheets." They have a spreadsheet interface which is really nice and they allow you to share it with friends. So now I have all my data stored online and my brother and I can look at each other's sheets and offer comments/support, etc. It's really a great feature if you have friends you can't train with personally, but you talk things over with. By the way, I've gained 6 pounds in the past week and weighed in today at 194# / 11.1% bodyfat. So I'm pretty excited about the new low-volume program I'm following. |
| I did the first three years I lifted. I measured everything from reps, exercises, body measurements, weight, every food I ate, every supplement, notes on mood and energy, cardio logs, you name it. It was quite impressive and helped me formulate my current lifting scheme. I no longer do it. |
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I try to keep a log of what lifts I do, how many sets and reps, and also keep a log of what I eat. I haven't been very consistant lately though due to excessive travel and laziness. But really, keeping a log helps a lot so you can look back and see what kind of progress you're making or not making. And especially when it comes to diet, keeping a log and adding up calories is very important. Although I have to say I've just been writing stuff down in a little notebook lately and it doesn't seem very organized that way. I think I'm going to create a spreadsheet or something and make a million copies and stick it in a small binder/folder. |