why should you track your progress?

[fad3r]

Hi,

I record my weight / reps from every single lift and feed it to a computer program. I am on another messageboard and when I asekd a question about what statistics to perform on the data I have collected I found that the majority of people dont even write the data down.

Could the people on this board (who are more knowledgble then me) please explain why it is so important to record your workout data, so that I may share your answers with them.

Thanks in advance

[psyko1]

what do you mean "what statistics to perform on the data I have collected"? but besides that, isn't it obvious why?

[fad3r]

It is not obvious to them so I was hoping someone could explain it more eloquently then I can.

By statitics I mean like the formula for tonage (reps x weight) added cumulatively for the lfit. The idea of using formulas to measure progress is new to me.

Maybe you could explain why tracking progress is important so I could share it with them?

[young guns]

bro writing down measurements of growth and workout regiments are pretty much self explanatory.

[young guns]

and who the hell are them junior high lifters, if they need to be explained on the value of tracking progress there probablypanzy ass pencil necks.

[fad3r]

I understand and I agree. Unfortunately these people do not get it.

here is a link to the thread.

http://www.nightclubcity.com/forum/s...580#post885580

You can clearly see they are saying the mirror is the way. I am just trying to present another side to them. I totally believe it IS self explanatory but they do not think so. So I was hoping someone here could explain it more eloquently then I can.

Thx

[Shibby]

Simple, by tracking your progress, you can see what is progressing and what isn't. If something is not progressing you try somehting else until it does.

[voneber]

I track all my progress in a journal for the simple fact that sometimes you forget what you were doing from week to week and it is nice to see the weights progressing...

as far as formulas are concerned, I don't concern myself with them.. it's just a fact of life that somedays you have more energy than others and some days you won't be able to lift the same weights for more or even the same amount of reps as you did the previous workout (If you are trining that way and not using TUT like SC.

By tracking what you are doing it makes it easier to see the progress you have made. I also use the mirror instead of the scale or BF tests to see my progress.

Just the way I do it, but not the only way.

V

[shortz]

Nightclubcity.com? I can tell you without even clicking on the link that their won't be any serious lifters on that site, and if there are, they aren't posting in your thread or are out lifting.

Sure, I know lots of people who don't record their lifts. VERY advanced lifters and pencil necks. For the rest of us, tracking our numbers is a way to tell how much a certain change in diet is, or if a routine is producing better results in a given amount of time and so on. If it makes sense to you and it makes you a more efficient lifter, I would just do it and not worry about what a bunch of little guys are saying.

[fad3r]

Your 100 percent right. I was just hoping to show them a different perspective. You should actually read the thread so you can laugh it is quite amusing.

PS: Love the ice cube quote

[shortz]

Ok, so I read the thread. Once you have been lifting for so many years, visible gains become less and less. Using a mirror will not longer tell you the truth. I believe their was a thread on another board that I read that the person was looking smaller in the mirror, but was getting stronger. It's can be a result of a few different things, increase of body fat can make you look smaller or smoother, the type of training you are doing etc. To tell you the truth, if I wanted to see progress with a mirror, I would only be able to allow myself ot look every 6 months.

[shortz]

BTW, I saw that a few intellegent guys actually replied first, then got pushed out by the idiots. The first guy even mentioned training legs!! Something you don't see every day in "da clubs". I am willing to bet that he is your best source of info there.

[fad3r]

Originally posted by shortz
BTW, I saw that a few intellegent guys actually replied first, then got pushed out by the idiots. The first guy even mentioned training legs!! Something you don't see every day in "da clubs". I am willing to bet that he is your best source of info there.

Amazing. He is actually the sharpest one of them all and posts on this board. he is VERY bright. Unfortunately you can see that I asked the right question to the wrong audience.

Thanks again for the help

[double0si]

That thread is dead...

I am very anal about my work out logs... I've been lifting for at least 13 years now; and I can go back and show you what my Olympic lifting routines were in High school... If I could find them all.. As well as my squat workout a year ago...

I calculate tonnage or Total Mass lifted on my squat workouts.. gives me a good idea of where I'm going.. and I can make sure that I continually increase the totals depending on training phase. Yes there is a difference between 20 reps of 135lbs. and 8 reps of 335. :P But it stills allows for some estimate of total expenditure during a workout.

As far as tonnage totalling during Olympic Lifting training, this is a good guide to stress and intesity levels when cycling to a competion or cycling training phases.


Don't sweat anything anybody ever says on an internet forum...

Just be confident in knowing that what your doing is the best way to train that you know...