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written workout ?

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Do you write your workout down and follow it while at the gym , or do you memorise your workout and sort of just wing it ?

i have mine in memory and follow it that way
 
I got a diary in my gym that I write in as I go, so guess I follow it. But if I trained elsewhere away from home I could remember it no prob.
 
I write down my weeks training on Sunday then follow said workouts to a T. Then re assess Sunday and do it all over again.

Might be different if l didnt train at home though.
 
I write a template and stick with it until I stop making progress, I've basically had the same templates for twenty years.

I've got three different templates, I record the rep's

I don't change the template much
 
I have followed a spreadsheet a couple of times but most of the time I know what I want to train and just train it. I have never kept a log for any decent period of time. I have started a few over the years though.

I'm sure that they are a good tool but I had no intention of actually using it to sharpen up my training so I just stopped recording stuff after a while.

They might also be good for motivation but I have rarely struggled for motivation.
 
I write it down in the gym. I know what I plan on doing each day without having to write anything down, but having the numbers there to tick off as I go along helps stop me from doing something silly like thinking I've just done all my sets, when I've actually got 1 to go. It also helps to keep me on track.
 
I write every workout on a note pad.

I play a game. I write the weights and reps used and try to beat it next workout.
 
I have an app for my phone which lets me program in a routine or routines, when I launch it I can see the sets/reps/weight from last time I did that exercise.

Same as writing it, just electronic.
 
I print out the programs my coach gives me to look at in the gym (sometimes it's hard to remember everything). Then I record what I did when I get home.
 
I created a shreadsheet for Wendlers and it automatically calcs the weight required for each session and the 1RM calcs. Redog uses it too, and he added the a function that tells you how many reps you need to beat last workouts calc'd 1RM.
I go into each workout knowing exactly what I need to achieve, as a minimum. I think personally I need that, I have gone to the gym without a plan before and I don't seem to achieve much...
 
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D1cko said:
I created a shreadsheet for Wendlers and it automatically calcs the weight required for each session and the 1RM calcs. Redog uses it too, and he added the a function that tells you how many reps you need to beat last workouts calc'd 1RM.
I go into each workout knowing eactly what I need to achieve, as a minimum. I think personally I need that, I have gone to the gym without a plan before and I don't seem to achieve much...
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That part would be good for me especially in something like 5/3/1. If l know l only need 1 more rep to get a pb i'll grind it out... If i didn't know i'd probably call it a day
 
D1cko said:
I created a shreadsheet for Wendlers and it automatically calcs the weight required for each session and the 1RM calcs. Redog uses it too, and he added the a function that tells you how many reps you need to beat last workouts calc'd 1RM.
I go into each workout knowing eactly what I need to achieve, as a minimum. I think personally I need that, I have gone to the gym without a plan before and I don't seem to achieve much...
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You blokes are smart bastards
 
Print it out on A5 and take it with me - fill in with pen as I go.

Otherwise I'd forget what I did when I go back later and check on how it compared to the previous session.
 
I post it in my transformation thread before or after.. I usually stick to a general structure and try new things here and there.

I couldn't commit to one specific routine
 
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Little Hammer said:
I ask this question because it must be one tough motherfucking lap top
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It is his gym so I am sure he has somewhere safe to keep it.

Personally I print mine out. I don't like fucking around with my phone when training so I don't use any apps.
 
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