Better way to gauge progress

[Deltasaurus]

I'm not sure how to gauge my progress. Should i go by Size gain or Strength Gains. maybe i just dont notive the size gains.

I have recently switched to HIT style traing IE each Muscle Once a week high intensity low volume. and my Strength is growing weekly, therfore i should be growing as well in theory right?

well anyways im not sure how to gauge it properly so i want opinions.

[RA]

Size...I personally dont care that much about strength.

[Dukkit]

i look in the mirror every damn day to see my pretty self

and i gauge my progress (and lack of progress lately) from that

[Deltasaurus]

ok.....so i guess im doing good

[GT2]

One thing I always tell myself is, "nobody cares how much you lift when you're on stage or at the beach. They only care how you look".

My point is, don't worry too much about your strength, it will increase naturally if you push yourself every workout. The mirror never lies, so you should measure your progress based on how you look, and not how much you weigh. There are bodybuilders who are 170lbs ripped but don't look a pound less than 200.

[jbm]

For me size, strength and weight.

[Deltasaurus]

ok well let me state Strength is very important but i know if im deadlifting 350 for 8 that im going to grow LOL

[higherdesire]

I use size and wieght. I notice that my wieght can be a determining factor in my progress even when I don;t realize it. More often the not the wieght is a negative indicator that something is off though!

[xnotoriousx]

I've been told go for strength and size will come.

I still like the 12-10-8 format

about once a month on each body part i'll hit 10-8-6