workout log

[Choke03]

I wish I was that organized LA, sounds like you keep a tight ship.

 

[Skip]

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.

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[mcgaret]

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]

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]

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]

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.