Edmorgan

Who here takes journals ino the gym and writes down their progess.. i have just started this... who does it and what do you write down?

P-funk

I do it.

i write down:

the date
the gym I am training at
my BW (if I remebered to take it)
what I did for my warm up and how long if it was cardio
the exercise
sets and reps
rest interval if it is something I am tracking at the time
rep tempo if it is something i am tracking at the time
and notes on how certain sets felt. or how my reps were
what I did to cool down
any other comments that I need to make about how I feel or how the session went

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PTYP

Date, muscles worked, BW pre-workout.

Excercise/Weight x Reps --> How it felt (ie. more weight for this, too much, etc.).

WATTS

i take a journal into the gym.

i write down things such as:
Date
Bodypart(s) trained that day
sets and goal reps
weight used for each set and how many accomplished reps
whether or not i did cardio or abs that day
and put marks to personal best workouts

JayBee

i used to take a journal to the gym with my days goals already written in it, but now i sorta just keep track in my head. i felt like a nerd carrying a notebook around.

AnnaDTX

I need to!

IRONBXR

I wright in my note pad the muscle worked, exercises, reps and if I could raise the weight, I put a mark in at that exercise and how much next time. I'm so tired I can't always remember what weights I used the last workout unless I wright it down. I always know where I left off and wether or not I need to make ajustments because of my notes. I my look like a nerd to you but I'm never guessing what weight to stack on.

maniclion

I used to, but now I have a large calender hanging by my weight bench and write short hand notes to myself. I was thinking of video taping every workout so I could later watch it in slow motion and scrutinize every movement, lack of form and length of rest time.

Tough Old Man

Holy smoly's Pat. 45 Min workout and another hour with the journal.

furion joe

I keep a journal but I don't take it to the gym. After my pwo meal (at home) I write down everything, including but not limited to: exercises (how many, which ones, how they were performed - for example grips, foot placement, training techniques, etc); sets - straight, pyramid, etc; reps - high, low, etc; warmup sets - usually very important, they help me to gauge my strength for that training session; rest intervals between sets; time of day, date, etc.

There are so many things you can take into consideration when writing in a journal; I try to keep mine as detailed as possible without over-obsessing about it. In time, for the most part, you won't even have to think about what you need to write down, it becomes second nature. You get to the point where your ability to concentrate on training is all that's going on - like you're the only one in the gym, I always find myself zoning in and out when I want to, it's a pretty cool feeling.

At the end of the day, after I add up my totals for my meals and macros, I look over my journal to see where I am at, what's working and what's not, and what to do next. Just a daily reminder to analyze the strengths and weaknesses in my program - what to do keep improving. A training/nutrition journal is a must if you want to take your physique to the next level.

kicka19

screw taken a journal, i have someone follow me around and video tape me, every exercise is then put into order. When i get home i then digitaly splice it with my records to track my progress

shiznit2169

who needs a journal? Fuck it, it's all in the head man. I can memorize every exact exercise, tempo, RI, weight, reps, all in ORDER from start to finish. That's my talent.

My Journal

P-funk

what did you do three weeks ago?

If you are doing a training program how can you know what you did last month?

What was your workout last year?

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TJ Cline

Did it a few times but never stuck with it..

shiznit2169

That's what an ONLINE journal is for. I use that to look it over because it is more neat and in order (i have horrible handwriting). I was referring to notepads, you know, the one with paper/pencil.

My Journal

BulkMeUp

I set up my wo in MS Excel, then print out the sheets for each routine. So all I carry is a sheet of paper.

Each routine will have 6-8 columns for each session. One column for each day/session. Each sheet has the name of all exercises i am supposed to do during tat session as well as the number of sets and the target reps for each exercise.

Handwriting dosent matter as all i fill out is the date, time started, weight/reps, time ended and total time.

When i change up the routine i print out a new set of sheets for the new routine.

007

Tried it a few times, but found that it really was a pain; especially when you the weight on different machines don't really compare. For example at my gym, we have a few tricep pushdown machines. Depending on the machine and the number of pulleys, 50lbs feels different on each machine. So when I would compare work outs, I would now have to figure out what machine worked on.

I found that if I go by feeling I get better results. For example, if I want to get bigger I try to fail somewhere between 4 to 8 reps. If I can do 8 then I increase the weight. If I can't do 4, then I decrease the weight. With this method I don't care how much I lift or which machine or how I feel that day etc. I just go in, hit the weights hard...

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