Who use training log, what benefits?

[Pich]

I want to know who of you, use training log to follow strengh improvements over the weeks and why n what info do you recommend to write in it?

 

[GUARDIAN]

I the date, bodyweight, hours of sleep, time, exercises, weight, reps, and sets. I also prefill out the weight and reps from the last time so I have clear cut goals to beat. It helps me catch plateaus. I also can never remember, other than may be weight used, how I performed last time. It is a great tool in my opinion. When I used to have the time I put it in an Excel worksheet and graphed the progress. The graph can be an eye opener.

 

[ceo]

I the date, bodyweight, hours of sleep, time, exercises, weight, reps, and sets. I also prefill out the weight and reps from the last time so I have clear cut goals to beat. It helps me catch plateaus. I also can never remember, other than may be weight used, how I performed last time. It is a great tool in my opinion. When I used to have the time I put it in an Excel worksheet and graphed the progress. The graph can be an eye opener.

excellent. I use a logbook too. My goal is to beat my previous lift with either more reps (within a certain range) or more weight. Progression is key to growth. Use a logbook. Then, BEAT THE LOGBOOK!!!

 

[SaladFork]

I the date, bodyweight, hours of sleep, time, exercises, weight, reps, and sets. I also prefill out the weight and reps from the last time so I have clear cut goals to beat. It helps me catch plateaus. I also can never remember, other than may be weight used, how I performed last time. It is a great tool in my opinion. When I used to have the time I put it in an Excel worksheet and graphed the progress. The graph can be an eye opener.

I have wanted to build an online training journal for some time now but cannot find the time. I use this site http://www.attackpoint.org/weeklyactivity.jsp/user_13 (this is not me, it’s an example) it’s for Orienteering but works great for lifting and training. Ignore the Orienteering part. Has a good weekly graph showing hours per sport you setup.

 

[NJL52]

I keep a spreadsheet with all my training/nutritional information. Every time I have been to the gym in the past year and a half has been recorded in my log. My body weight for like 320 of the past 370 days has been recorded in the same log.

ALWAYS keep a log. If you try to go off memory you will end up being wrong somewhere along the line.

 

[riverrock]

I've even taken my log a steop further and bean to take note of what food I eat, calories consumer, and a break down into Protein, Fat, and Carbs. It has highlighted a few things that I wasn't aware of such as not taking in enough Carbs. My appitite simply isn't big enough, but I do eat every 3 hours. As a result, I will now take weight-gainers again.

My training log is good as it helps you constantly beat old scores and also highlights hwn its time tovary routines. I try to do something different every session, eiter an increase in weight, lifts, or throw in some diamond formations (Heavy lift, even more, Heavy lift, even more!) or anything that forces my body to react. Every 5 weeks I change it completely.