Thread: Recording body weight exercises

I consider bodyweight to be +0 lbs. Weighted exercises, like dips, would be +35 lbs, for instance, if I was using a weight belt with a 35 lb plate.

i second that

Either zero or put your bodyweight, because bodyweight changes. I used to check mine every day but now its once a week or two.

I just put 0. I might actually record my bodyweight if I just started lifting. At the time, one's bodyweight will change so quickly that it will make quite a difference. At this point my bodyweight isn't changing fast enough to warrant such a thing.

Thank for all the replies. But if I record 0, then the calculated total load would be 0, no matter how much work I do with a particular exercise if done without additional weight?

- Josh

Originally posted by Josh
Thank for all the replies. But if I record 0, then the calculated total load would be 0, no matter how much work I do with a particular exercise if done without additional weight?

- Josh

If you record 0, then all that is doing is letting you keep track of your progress. Don't worry about the calculated total load; recording your weights is just a method of keeping track of progress.

But I usually measure progress by total loads. I think going by the weight only is not accurate, because for instance if today I can do pullups 5 reps x 5 kgs (= 25 kgs), then tomorrow I do 6 reps x 5 kgs (= 30 kgs), then progress has been made even though the weight used is the same 5 kgs. That is why I am looking for a way to record the additional weights properly, not only to record the weights themselves but also to enable me to calculate the loads as a way to measure progress.

A friend of mine suggested that for exercises with bodyweight we should probably estimate the load based on what percentage of our bodyweight we are lifting. But we have not find a way to determine this percentage yet. Any thought or idea?

- Josh

Don't make this hard on yourself. Just ignore total load until you are capable of doing pull-ups with weight, which is when your total load measurement method will apply.

Originally posted by CowPimp
Don't make this hard on yourself. Just ignore total load until you are capable of doing pull-ups with weight, which is when your total load measurement method will apply.

ditto...

total load won't make sense anyway. i can do 135 lbs 10 times easy on the bench, but i cant do 1350 lbs once, even though your "total load" is the same.

Originally posted by DimebagDarrell
total load won't make sense anyway. i can do 135 lbs 10 times easy on the bench, but i cant do 1350 lbs once, even though your "total load" is the same.

the total load is bodyweight + any additional weight...