Nicks Nuggets #3 **Training Diaries** I have training diaries going back 20 plus years or more. Ive moved around so much (literally moved countries 3 times!)that I lost a few of my early ones but I have the last 20 odd years of my training. If youre not keeping a log of your training progress you are probably NOT progressing! Its really motivating to look back in my diaries and see how far Ive come. I can see how I trained for competitions, what worked and what didnt, I can see how or what increased a certain lift or bodypart or how I got in shape for a physical test and I can see the slow build up over time. Without this I would have no idea where I was or where I came from. Now some will say they like to be insitinctive and get to the gym and see how they feel. Unless you are genetically gifted (probably not) this is not a good idea. Thats not to say I follow my program precisely every day of every week of every month of every year! I do allow SOME room for how I feel on a given day but generally that is based around the potential for injury. For example. If I come in to train and my back is especially sore (its ALWAYS sore but there are grades of soreness) I will perhaps take more time to warm up, take out a few top sets, put a belt on and possibly even drop the heavy work sets all together. This is just sensible. Going back to the diary. If I make a note of the sore days (literally I will put something like back really sore), I can check my diary in the previous weeks, check my work schedule and try to avoid making the mistakes I made to have a such a sore back in the first place. This is just ONE way a diary can help. If you have no log of your training how can you really know your PBs/PRs (personal bests or personal records). You cant! You are lying to yourself. Do you really think Ed Coan (Greatest Powerlifter of All Time), Tom Platz (Craziest Legs of All Time and top Bodybuilder of his time) or in fact any top athlete or anyone serious about their training ever made progress year after year without a diary (or a coach who keeps a diary!). Very, very few people can and do. A diary keeps you on track, keeps you real and allows you to see trends in your training. You are your own experiment and you should learn from yourself. This goes for those of you who train others too. Handing out training templates or the same training program will only get progress for a limited time. You need to evaluate each session, each week to keep making progress. Another freebie. Another nugget. Now awaiting the dumb comment from the science dudes and armchair heros!! Nick The ONE and ONLY...Ed Coan. https://youtube/watch?v=S9L5XJta3Ag
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:10:16 +0000
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