Does this sound GAY ?

[tomcat]

I just got back to serious lifting again a few months ago.

Question:
How come I don't see more guys in the gym using a workout log book and tracking each exercise / set etc?

I'm starting to think I look like a fruit writing all the reps, sets, weights for each exercise in my log book.

Do you guys remember it all so you don't need a log?
Am I being paranoid?

I find it a motivator knowing I have to get that last rep in so I match or beat last week.

Comments?

 

[SSAlexSS]

I just got back to serious lifting again a few months ago.

Question:
How come I don't see more guys in the gym using a workout log book and tracking each exercise / set etc?

I'm starting to think I look like a fruit writing all the reps, sets, weights for each exercise in my log book.

Do you guys remember it all so you don't need a log?
Am I being paranoid?

I find it a motivator knowing I have to get that last rep in so I match or beat last week.

Comments?

Don't focus on writing your sets down. Just go with maximum intensity and that should work.
Log books don't tell you how hard the set was.

And yes there is one guy who does that.

 

[thefantom1]

As much as I hate to admit it..it looks like Greene and I have something in common.. I too take a log with me to the gym...I think its important..esp when you come to a sticking point..you can go back and see exactly what you did and make the necessary changes......

 

[smr91481]

i don't go to a gym, i work out at home. but i always right down all my sets, reps, and weights. i love watching those numbers climb up week by week.

 

[b fold the truth]

I get into a ritual before every workout.

Eat, use the restroom while figuring out exactly what I plan to do in the gym, put my clothes on, then hit the garage for a good workout. If I brake one of these...I am convinced that I will have a terrible workout. Well...maybe I am not that superstitious.....but I just get into a routine and like to look back and see what I did last week or so.

B True

Ohhh...been lifting for 7 years and I still have the notebook where I first benched 95lbs...or almost benched it I should say, ha ha.

 

[tlhc]

i've also got a training log

 

[Liberator]

Same here, I always do it and I see people looking at me like I am weird and geeky

But I can never remember what reps/weights I achieve, plus it all adds up to form good progressive trainining

it motivates you to do better everytime

 

[booger]

Notebook

I use my memory. Use it or lose it.

 

[tomcat]

Thanks for the feedback.. I don't feel so gay now.

I personally get too much benefit from using a Log that I wouldn't give it up no matter what others at the gym think. I agree that you can't lower your intensity on an up day just because the log says this is where you are.

It is a guide for me so I make sure I keep moving in the right direction every week (UP). For the most part I can remember week to week where I am but It's cool to see the numbers going up on paper.

Anyone else with an opinion?

 

[Tellie]

The logbook it's an awesome thing

I keep mine and record everything into it, sometimes what i eat, not usually though

when you get into serious training i think it's important to record it all, cause sometimes a weak week day is because of lack of sleep not that fact that you are hitting a plateau

 

[FitFossil]

I admit I felt a little geeky when I first started carrying a log book, but I did it anyway, because the log book motivated me. Since I'd already written in my workout ahead of time, I felt compelled to do it, whereas before I could always find some excuse to avoid the gym. Now I don't need motivation to get myself into the gym, but having the log is still very useful for monitoring progress, seeing what worked, what didn't etc.

Since I've been carrying my book nearly 2 years now, I've been noticing who else carrys one. With only a few exceptions, the people who carry one are (overall) the ones who seem to be making the most progress.

So many people I see come in the gym day after day and do the same old stuff that doesn't work, yet they still keep doing it.

Most of their time, however, is spent exercising their jaws.

 

[GenetiKing]

If it's good enough for Dorian...

Ever read Dorian Yates' book? He swears by the effectiveness of his workout log. Says he would never train without it.

 

[drum n bass]

I never understand why someone would have to write shiet down on the gym floor... i'm not flaming anyone but, if you can't remember the weight or the exercises you did... thats serious memory problem. But, different strokes for different folks.

 

[Daeo]

I have a hard time remembering something that happened five minutes ago much less a week ago. So yes, I do write my workouts down...

 

[theoak01]

i did for my first year but then it got to be a nusance so i no longer do,i have it written down when i was only benching 60 lbs and im up to 135 as working reps,i also squat over 100lbs more

 

[tomcat]

Now that I heard validation that carrying my Log around the Gym doesn't look gay,
the only other concern of a gay nature I have left is:

What do you do when the rope breaks on the soap?

 

[##spiderbaby##]

You join a gym with private showers.

and i carry a log book Ive even gone so far as to have an ironman watch attached so I know exactly how long my workout lasted.

plus I hate these smilies.

##spiderbaby##

 

[Kilroy]

I can remember, & write down later, the heaviest
weight I lifted on 1 exercise for each major muscle
group. So I can remember what my max for the
day was on bench press, preacher curl, or lat
pulldown, yet have no idea what I was lifting
on the various inclines, dumbell exercises, etc.
If I write down 1 number for each major muscle
group just once a week I think that's enough
to track by. I can't deal with more info
than that anyway.

I also write down notes about any big changes
in my diet, not getting enough sleep, being sick,
stressed out, etc.

I don't measure my muscles. Should I?
Do people measure them slack or tensed?

 

[the-juggernaut]

notebook

i do pushups every other day and i record how many sets and reps i do than at the end of the month i add it up for a total and try to beat that record for the next month,,however when i'm working out i just remoery how many plates i put on the bar rather than the numbers

 

[wynnyelle]

hi, i'm new here, i noticed the topic so here's my five cents, i keep a log too, been doing it since this past winter. it helps me try to at least break even with the last workout and i can tell right away when my lifts stop going up or if they go down. i can also look back and see if there are any patterns i should pay attention to like when i hit plateus, and what maybe made it happen.

 

[Broyden]

You seem to be fixated on not looking Gay... What are you trying to hide...Come out, come out, wherever you are.....

 

[DaBuzzzzz]

always thought being gay was about sexuallity
carrying a log in my opinion is not a sexual act.
In short you are NOT gay.....happy now???