Ah yes, the oh so wonderful training log. I didn’t always use to think they were so great and I actually used to hate using one. During my athletic years, it was a command from our Nazi coach that we record every rep and every set for every single day we touched a weight. We had no choice as we only got the pleasure of living amidst his dictatorship.
What I used to despise, I now love. I used to believe recording my workouts in a training log was tedious and ineffectual. Of course, I was wrong and I soon found out why.
My First Time
Now for story time. I remember the end of my final football game my sophomore year. We all walked into the locker room, slowly un-padded and began turning in our gear. Our strength and conditioning coach walked around(with a grin from ear to ear) placing training logs in our lockers while we pampered our sweaty selves. I remember returning to my locker and seeing some big letters in Times New Roman font reading: IT’S TIME TO GET STRONG. I always liked the off season. I think I liked bit better than the actual season because I was more interested in strength training than playing football anyhow. This was my first time ever to consistently use a training log and it served me very well. I then learned how much I love progression.
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