Exercise Journals - Record Your Workouts and Get Results!

Exercise Journals - Record Your Workouts and Get Results!


Our exercise journals are designed to help you keep a detailed record of your workouts so you can track your progress and make every workout really count! Exercise journals are extremely important in gaining muscular strength and size because they pinpoint every aspect of your training routine. By keeping a detailed exercise journal, you will learn if you're getting stronger with each specific exercise or if you're plateauing. You will see how your current rep ranges and set ranges effect your progress. By reviewing your exercise journal, you will see patterns of how your strength is effected from each workout and make the necessary changes to maximize your progress.

Along with recording your exercises, your exercise journal should also contain thoughts and feeling before and after your workouts. Were you tired before going into the gym? Did you run out of energy half way through your workout? Did your muscles get a good pump or did they feel flat when training? How about after your workout? Were you frustrated with your training session? Did you feel energized or completely exhausted when you finished? These are extremely important aspects to document when keeping your exercise journal and the wealth of information gained from these records will provide you with the knowledge to keep succeeding!

I can't tell you how much mroe progress I make when keeping one over not keeping one. It's like night and day. I can't remember from one workout to the next every single weight and rep I did the time before. So I have to keep a journal. I've had time where I went in and felt like doing 250 on incline and realized I did 265 last time so I made my self get psycked up and put 270 on. My journal is one of my best mental motivations. Even if my body says 'no way' my mind will say 'BS, you do it before, you can do it again'. I think training without one is going to slow your progress big time.

I love my journal! I think I would die if I lost it :(

how do you go about setting up the proper journal for oneself?? Is there a website where i can print a good one off?? Or do you guys make your own on the computer?? And what sort of things should i include in my journal...thanks

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Originally Posted by Polish Prince

how do you go about setting up the proper journal for oneself?? Is there a website where i can print a good one off?? Or do you guys make your own on the computer?? And what sort of things should i include in my journal...thanks

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I do mine on Excell. I run down the left column with all the excercises seperated by day, and then I leave several columns for weight and reps. I can send you an example if you like.

shit is like the bible to me,... if you dont keep one you're guessing every time

T-Man007....if you don't mind could you please send me a copy of yours...thanks a lot