WHO here Keeps a Training LOG

**ru-ga-ru** · 01-09-2007, 08:21 PM

I always see guys at the gym writing down their each and every lift.

I don't really see the benefit. I mean I don't need some diary to tell me that I trained like sh*t last week.

So the question is WHY?

Who here has used one, and how has it helped?

**StoneGRMI** · 01-09-2007, 08:31 PM

Progress reports. So you can see what exercises are working better and improving your workouts. Also it helps to set goals (i.e. if I benched x amount 5 times week 1, I would want to make sure in the next coming weeks my lifts improved).

**Anabolic1234** · 01-09-2007, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by ru-ga-ru

I always see guys at the gym writing down their each and every lift.

I don't really see the benefit. I mean I don't need some diary to tell me that I trained like sh*t last week.

So the question is WHY?

Who here has used one, and how has it helped?

Only the serious lifters use a journal to track their progress.. those who do not use a journal really aren't into lifting.

If you don't get progressively stronger you won't get progress. With that said how could one gaugue progress over the course of a month without writing it down!

if you're serious about this game then keep a journal

**gixxerboy1** · 01-09-2007, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by Anabolic1234

Only the serious lifters use a journal to track their progress.. those who do not use a journal really aren't into lifting.

If you don't get progressively stronger you won't get progress. With that said how could one gaugue progress over the course of a month without writing it down!

if you're serious about this game then keep a journal

my memory isn't that bad i can't remember what i lifted last week. Maybe not 6 weeks ago. But if you cant remember something a week later you better see a Dr.

**chest6** · 01-09-2007, 09:09 PM

I have been keeping track of what I've done since I started lifting during 2000. Started writing it down here to be critiqued in the workout forum last april I think. Why?

1. So I know if my progress halts I can go back and see what has worked in the past
2. So I see real strength progress..without guessing what I did at that time
3. To get critique from others and share ideas

**ru-ga-ru** · 01-09-2007, 09:37 PM

cool, i was just wondering.

what info do you write besides the obvious.

Good day / Bad day. Stars next to a good lift????????

**chest6** · 01-09-2007, 09:47 PM

Yah. at the end ill write good day bad day sometimes

If its a PR ill say so.

I'll write comments in there a lot..

**chest6** · 01-09-2007, 09:48 PM

Chest6's Workout Log

**Tru2** · 01-09-2007, 10:09 PM

I keep two. One online and a notebook to work off. My online log is for my coach to give me guidance and track my progress. Training sessions in the gym are always planned. The weight and with what ease I lifted determine any increases for the next session.

**ru-ga-ru** · 01-09-2007, 10:10 PM

cool thanx

**zaggahamma** · 01-09-2007, 11:14 PM

never bring paperwork to gym but keep track of approx. calories ED on MS Excel and records of major lift max's

***Narkissos*** · 01-09-2007, 11:26 PM

Progress reports as one poster stated.

And also a backlog to compare what worked when you hit a wall.

Like for me my body changes with each contest prep.. It's good to have a window into last year or the year prior to know where to start.. and what should change.

Also when i hit a wall i can go back to something that worked previously and reincorporate it without having to 'feel tru'.

Originally Posted by ru-ga-ru

cool, i was just wondering.

what info do you write besides the obvious.

Good day / Bad day. Stars next to a good lift????????

Here's mine:
My training Journal...

I write everything... How what i did felt. Modifications i made to diet; hand position; rep ranges.. justification for switches [in case i look back 1 year later and wonder why i chose a specific route.. so i can justify re-adding such to my routine]

etc.

-Nark

**chest6** · 01-10-2007, 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by Narkissos

Progress reports as one poster stated.

And also a backlog to compare what worked when you hit a wall.

Like for me my body changes with each contest prep.. It's good to have a window into last year or the year prior to know where to start.. and what should change.

Also when i hit a wall i can go back to something that worked previously and reincorporate it without having to 'feel tru'.

Here's mine:
My training Journal...

I write everything... How what i did felt. Modifications i made to diet; hand position; rep ranges.. justification for switches [in case i look back 1 year later and wonder why i chose a specific route.. so i can justify re-adding such to my routine]

etc.

-Nark

zactly.

If progress stalls and you want to know what has worked in the past..just go back a few pages and check it out. I do this often...

**Z12** · 01-10-2007, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by Anabolic1234

Only the serious lifters use a journal to track their progress.. those who do not use a journal really aren't into lifting.

If you don't get progressively stronger you won't get progress. With that said how could one gaugue progress over the course of a month without writing it down!

if you're serious about this game then keep a journal

My memory is pretty good, although I'm sure keeping a journal might come in handy sometimes. I can definitely gauge progress over a month, and the idea that only serious lifters use journals is ridiculous. I know plenty of monsters who don't write anything down and see plenty of elderly men who write everything down. Just b/c you don't record everything you do doesn't mean you aren't doing a good job at the gym. JMHO.

***perfectbeast2001*** · 01-10-2007, 11:58 AM

I keep a log on here. But I dont really care for noting down all the weights, Im more interested in noting down diff excercises, dietry changes ect.

**gixxerboy1** · 01-10-2007, 12:04 PM

I dont need to make lifting a second job with a ton of paperwork

**Anabolic1234** · 01-10-2007, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by gixxerboy1

I dont need to make lifting a second job with a ton of paperwork

**goodcents** · 01-10-2007, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by gixxerboy1

I dont need to make lifting a second job with a ton of paperwork

I use to keep a log, but now I just do the thing and don't track it.

**beuleux** · 01-10-2007, 06:57 PM

Never felt the need for a log Id only lose it like I do half the other stuff out of my gym bag, besides I remember most things pretty well, progress at least in my case is quarterly unless of course Im on gear so its not an awful lot to remember

**Timm1704** · 01-10-2007, 07:06 PM

i kept one for awhile, no benefit for me. the comment above regarding being serious is bullshit. i, along with nearly everybody here are very serious about bodybuilding/powerlifting/fitness, and i can gaurantee that more than half of us dont keep logs

**STYLE74** · 01-10-2007, 07:13 PM

I don't keep a log. Anybody know why Anabolic 1234 got banned?

**Timm1704** · 01-10-2007, 07:16 PM

because he is a former member who has been banned several times i believe

**STYLE74** · 01-10-2007, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by Timm1704

because he is a former member who has been banned several times i believe

LOL..........oh damn i wonder if it was rake.............

**STYLE74** · 01-10-2007, 07:21 PM

Hey did any of you guys ever notice that the smiley's move around from place to place? Like some of them are not always in the same spot..............

**Timm1704** · 01-10-2007, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by STYLE74

Hey did any of you guys ever notice that the smiley's move around from place to place? Like some of them are not always in the same spot..............

yes i have noticed, i thought it was my comp. and yes, it was rake. why was rake banned?