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deltachistud
04-22-2003, 11:50 AM
DO YOU KEEP A WORKOUT LOG??

deltachistud
04-22-2003, 11:57 AM
i dont keep one, but i need to start

cybersteffan
04-22-2003, 12:00 PM
yup

WeirdAl
04-22-2003, 12:07 PM
Yep! And I have every (maybe missing a couple, but only a couple) workout that I've done since 11/13/2000!

deltachistud
04-22-2003, 12:10 PM
do you think it really helps?

dedprez*
04-22-2003, 12:11 PM
i dont but i do right some things down from time to time

Big Guns
04-22-2003, 12:18 PM
If you don't you're probably going in circles.

deltachistud
04-22-2003, 12:23 PM
i just keep my sets in my head, and im stilling making great gains fast

deltachistud
04-22-2003, 12:24 PM
do you know what exactly what your going to do before you even get in the gym??? like set and rep wise

LA
04-22-2003, 12:30 PM
Originally posted by deltachistud
do you think it really helps?

Yes! They help in many ways. 1st you update it right after you've finished a day. I record everything I've eaten (with macro breakdowns) and taken (supps). Then I record cardio and of course lifts. I also rate how well I think I've done in certain categories on a scale of 1-5. If I see a string of 4's and 5's across a span of days, I'll bet I see some nice gains in that stretch. Periodically I record things like blood pressure, heart rate, bodyfat, weight, and measurements.

I refer back to these logs mostly when problems arise or I just don't plan remember. Like maybe I'm not getting the same results I remember from dnp as I did last time, so I go back to the log and also notice that the previous time I was on a higher carb diet. Bingo! or.... I feel like I'm getting really strong on an exercise that I haven't done in a while, what was my personal best? Just a quick look into the old archives and there it is! or... just opposite, this exercise seems to be kicking my ass, back to the log and there's the answer- i was using test/tren back then and this time I'm using test/eq!

BLEED GREEN
04-22-2003, 12:41 PM
Yes- I record date, exercise performed, weight, reps and how I felt after each. Great to look back on and to track your hopefully increasing workloads and poundages.

Big Guns
04-22-2003, 01:22 PM
I always know exactly what I'm going to do on any given day. The only way to know where you're going is to know where you've been already. I lifted the same poundages for years before keeping records. Don't waste years of potential progress like I did. Keep good notes.

Harvey Balboner
04-22-2003, 06:04 PM
Yes, it helps tremendously too. It's neat to be able to look back and see what you were lifting 6 months ago, there's no way you could remember that.

Zeca
04-22-2003, 07:33 PM
I wright something from time to time, but the essencial is all in my head.
But i must agree that it helps a lot!

scorpio
04-22-2003, 08:22 PM
I remember every exercise, weight, feeling, reps. I don't see the need. I like LA's food log idea though.

Max-HC
04-22-2003, 08:27 PM
I dont log everything but i should so i know when to change thing up switch things around iam going to start one next month.

dumbell78
04-22-2003, 09:50 PM
i dont but i should

bigshug
04-23-2003, 12:24 AM
Originally posted by scorpio
I remember every exercise, weight, feeling, reps. I don't see the need. I like LA's food log idea though.

I'm with you, I remember from week to week what weight I had previously lifted......and I always remember how pathetic I was 6 months ago:D

MrEconomist
04-23-2003, 06:50 AM
yes!

Bigbizkit
04-23-2003, 01:14 PM
I used to keep a food and workout log. I haven't for about 6 months. However, keeping a log was very helpful to me. I used it so that I would lift heavier or do one more rep than the previous week. I see people at the gym that go in on Mondays and do chest, I think 90% of us do chest on Monday, and lift the same weight they have been lifting for the last 3 months. Then they wonder why they have not grown or gotten any stronger. Your body only adapts to the amount of stress that you put on it. If you can bench 250 lbs. for 6 reps and you stay at that weight for three months then your chest is only going recruit the necessary muscle fibers to lift 250 lbs. As a result, your muscles will adapt to only lift 250 lbs. Keep a log to keep growing.

Choke03
04-23-2003, 02:03 PM
I wish I was that organized LA, sounds like you keep a tight ship.

Skip
04-28-2003, 02:58 AM
Originally posted by deltachistud
do you think it really helps?

Only if you plan on continuing to improve. LOL

Seriously, I have logs from 1987, bro. Now, logs that old don't help me out too much these days BUT.... if I didn't keep a log of my precontest phases, I wouldn't be able to go back and compare where I am at certain points in my contest prep, what I did right, what I could have done better, etc..

Just the other day, I was putting together my final days of diuretic use for my upcoming shows and couldn't remember exactly what my aldactone dosages were. I pulled up my log from last year's show and it was right there.

You may not prefer to carry a log in the gym with you but in my opinion you MUST keep some source of information even if you just come home and write down a few things to be saved in a computer file for later reference. Hell, you could even do it weekly - just some short blurbs about poundages, how you felt, what your diet was like, etc..

It is an invaluable tool.

Skip

mcgaret
01-08-2007, 02:46 AM
been hitting the gyms since the 70's - nothing personal to anyone but all the guys
I've ever seen walking around with their pad and paper seen more interested in the
log then just being a animal with the weights. Closest I came was sneaking peaks
at a new workout I'd have written down and hidden in my pocket. I know how much
weight I lifted last workout and how many sets and reps. Sometimes I know exactly
what I am going to do and sometimes I just do what ever I feel like at that time.
Intensity cant always be 100%. I have found it has peaks and valleys. I may go a
few months just cruzing and then the next several months will be intense - that is
where I will make my gains. That, in my opinion, is how you stick around for over
30 years.

plifter48
01-08-2007, 12:59 PM
You have to keep a log so you can make continous progress. Plus it gives you a goal to either up the poundage, increase volume or up the reps.

da_Fonz
01-08-2007, 01:05 PM
Def keep a log b/c I have to either beat the reps or weight with each workout, if I dont than I have to switch to a diff exercise.

saudades
07-15-2008, 07:46 PM
Haven't seen this thread in a while. I think a workout log is crucial to making progress no matter what kind of workout you happen to be doing. It's the only way to make sure you know you are increasing the weight/reps each time which helps you gauge what to do the next workout so you do make progress.