How many of you keep a training log?

[Stiffler]

I use to keep one for about 6 months but then I just kind of forgot about it, and havent started it back up again.
but i might someday soon I hope.

 

[karellan]

i kept one for like a week, whats the point of keeping track of ur progress anyways?

well, wizkid, I guess you don't have much to keep track of when you aren't making progress on the only two lifts you're doing, tricep pushdowns and cable curls

 

[MuSuLPhReAk]

I think I'm going to start one !!!

 

[strengthmonster]

I don't fill one out whilst I train, I wait until I get home. It includes my workout, what I have done, what I have eaten, drug regimes, body measurements and weight etc. That way you can look back at a particular training method and study what works for you and what doesn't. Allowing you to tailor future workouts/diets/stacks etc. to your best combinations, therefore speeding up your progress.

 

[malhavoc]

I keep one with my weights, reps, and sets. I fill it out after I leave the gym, and then refer to it right before I go in for the following weeks workout. This way I know exactly what to shoot for. Plus it's interesting to see how much you've progressed over a year by looking back at an old log book.

 

[mekannik]

Big aid in lifting from a couple of perspectives:
1) When somebody says you're looking good - look back at what excercises and schemes work for you
2) Ability to switch excercises around - run the gamut on all your recent back excercises - look back 1 year ago and I'll bet there's one or two you have forgotten about
3) Gauges.
I note if I took: Caffeine, Ephedrine, Yohimbe, Tyrosine (or any combo of them)
Also note: date, start time, end time, warmup and length, weights, reps, sets, time between sets, use wrist straps or not, mixed grip (esp. on deadlifts)

Sounds like alot of work - but once the habit starts - an extra 10 seconds after a set is no big deal. And the benefits of having all the info to look back on is invaluable.

 

[tbr258]

I always kkep a log, its important to be able to look back to previous years and see your progress, also for complex programs to make sure you are increasing weight.