5 Reasons to Start a Training Log

One simple way to boost your training this new year is to keep a training log. Here are 5 reasons to use a log and some ways to use a training log.

1. It keeps you on track--It's easier to miss a workout or lose your way while training for a goal if you don't have a record of what you're doing.
2. It helps you plan--It takes just a minute to write out what you're doing this workout/this week/this month to help you stay on track.
3. It motivates you when you check your progress--When you see the reps and weight go up, or your weight go down, then you know that you're doing well.
4. It keeps you organized--Instead of wasting time in the gym trying to figure out what you feel like doing, you go in there with a plan and a map so that there is no questions of what you will do and how.
5. It prevents overtraining--If you keep track of what you're doing, then you'll see if you are doing too much with a certain movement or pattern.

Go down to the store and buy a composition notebook (or find a notebook lying around the house) and start logging your workouts.