How many of you...

[panman79]

I do. I'm thinking about not keeping a log anymore.

 

[spockafina]

I'm really anal about keeping track of everything I do at the gym. It's beneficial to me because I like to increase reps every week, adn I like to see my progress so I can add more weight and sets.

 

[WOLVERINE1]

wouldnt say journals are for wimps but i just never have one. sometimes i write out a work out before going but i dont use logs.

 

[Adler1983]

I used to be very regimented: I used an accounting ledger. But then I realized that it was limiting me in trying new things because i was so tied to the regiment.

I threw out the book. I know what I need to do in the gym, i have a general sense of the weights and exercises i need to do. Variety is key; I feel log books inhibit implementation of variety.

 

[Grammaton]

the only kind of log i keep is a mental one. usually more for my weight and my waste size which has gone down 4 inches in 1 week .

 

[abear]

i have all mine back to 1995. they help me to gather ideas for future routines and to see whats working and whats not working.

 

[freddy1]

looking back the only time ive made improvements is when i am keeping track in great detail of what i am doing. i always keep a long nowadays.

 

[Man of Steel]

I post mine up on the internet and then other lifters can make suggestions to improve my training.

 

[stalefish]

i havn't written any logs for working out ... i record my 'nutrition' pretty closely and i dont want another thing to keep track of.

to me, i dont want to have to worry about things like that (not saying its a bad idea) but i think its just more fun when you can focus on doing the exercises more rather then writing everything down.

I can remember how many reps and the weight i do.


But writing everything down definately wouldnt hurt.

 

[panman79]

I'm starting to feel that same way Adler

 

[Grammaton]

i have changed my ways partial i have this program that you put your measurements of your thighs,calfs,biceps,forearms,cheat,stomache,and waist and it keeps track of it and makes a neat lil graph for you to track your improvement.

 

[WOLVERINE1]

i do what grammaton does mentally. except all i care about arms and chest and waste. i dont care if my thihgs get bigger or smaller.

 

[drifta86]

I would like to I just am really bad at doing it daily or forget to bring something to write it on and stuff like that. But I think journals are a great way to track progress because you will not always notice what you see in a mirror, but you will notice numbers.

 

[sarahfitchic]

I always keep track. If I didn't keep track I wold have no idea what weight I should use next time I went to do an exercise. Hell, I would probably forget what body part I was supposed to work that day!

Sarah

 

[corple]

would anybody with a journal say they were skeptical before they started keeping a journal, and saw an improvement maybe when they started keeping one? cause i see places that tell me to keep a journal of what i eat blah blah you know, and i just kind of ignore it

 

[abear]

i cant say cause i've always kept one. but my own personal opinion (MOPO) is that it's up to the individual. i suggest ppl keep one but the bottom line is results, to see a continuous improvement in what each of us is doing.