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Training Logs

We’ve talked about keeping a journal during the Spring Forward to Action 30-Day Challenge. A journal can help you keep track of your progress emotionally and it can prove to be an exercise in mental fitness. A training log is somewhat different from a journal. You can incorporate a training log into your journal or you can keep it separately.

A training log usually keeps a record of your daily workouts. You will record the exercises performed, in the order they were performed as well as values such as number of minutes spent on cardio or number of reps. You’ll also want to know how many sets you did. You’ll record what weights you were using and also the time, date and where you performed the workout.

For example, if you use a gym twice a week. You’d want to record what pieces of equipment that you use there, for how long you used it as well as the weight values you may have used. You can do this for an aerobics class, an aerobics DVD or your home equipment.

If you take a long walk outside, you can record that as well. A training log is a great tool. You can track your own progress. For example, if a workout you performed was very easy, you can see that you may need to increase weight or reps or switch your workout around to make it challenging.

You also have accountability with a training log. You are keeping track of your workout and you can even use it to keep track of your personal weight and measurements. You can record goals, days you met goals and days you rewarded them.

A training log is your best assistant in any personal fitness program.

For related articles on this subject, check out these entries:

Making Your Training Personal

Small Steps

5 Ways to Stick to Your Workout

Manage Time Better: Fitting in Fitness

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About Heather Long

Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. They have a beautiful daughter who just turned five years old. She is learning to read and preparing for kindergarten in the fall. An author of more than 300 articles and 500+ web copy pieces, Heather has also written three books as a ghostwriter. Empty Canoe Publishing accepted a novel of her own. A former horse breeder, Heather used to get most of her exercise outside. In late 2004, early 2005 Heather started studying fitness full time in order to get herself back into shape. Heather worked with a personal trainer for six months and works out regularly. She enjoys shaking up her routine and checking out new exercises. Her current favorites are the treadmill (she walks up to 90 minutes daily) and doing yoga for stretching. She also performs strength training two to three times a week. Her goals include performing in a marathon such as the Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness or Team in Training for Lymphoma research. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience through the fitness and marriage blogs.