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2001/01/13, 06:39 PM
Here is a great way to document your progress over time. Try keeping track of your workouts in a personal journal. Record the number of sets and repetitions, pounds lifted, exercises performed, your diet, and any other information you feel is useful. A journal can give a wonderful boost to any weight-training program. It helps you stay motivated by showing you how much you are improving and how much stronger you are getting.
remember every time you go into the Gym you want to lift more weight then your previous workout, progressive training even if it"s only a few pounds more...train smart
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2001/01/16, 12:27 AM
There are a couple of things you can do. One, keep an accurate log of your work outs, include the exercise, how many reps per set and the weight. Also include how you feel, physically and emotionally. This will do two things really, let you see progress, and also act a a guide toward future routines. You can see what you have tried and what works.
The second thing you can do is take body measurements. Very easy, take a tape measure and measure your biceps, thighs, calves, chest, waist, neck, etc. log it down. If you can, get a few poloroid pictures taking of you in shorts a picture is worth a thousand words...
At first, you may want to check every two weeks, but really, you'll see gains (and loses - around the middle perhaps) over monthly intervals.
Personally, I have my year divide into four periods, the first and third period I do mass building routines, the second and forth I do definition, strength, endurance. I take a two week break between these periods, and this is when I do my body measurements, and have new pictures taken.
There is also another way you can measure your self, the clothes in you closet. if the pants are getting loser around the middle, and the shirts a little snugger around the chest - well, you can see what that means. Cheers
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