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Have you ever heard of the phrase failure to plan is planning to fail? This is very true especially when it comes to working out. Imagine a farmer who goes and does his farming without keeping a diary of the events he should follow before he does his harvesting. If he does not keep proper records he will not know when to do the weeding, mulching, and spraying of pesticides, this will result in him getting poor yields.

Another good example is when you are traveling on a long journey and you do not have a road map to guide you to your destination. A training diary will offer the same help as a road map would do if you were on a journey. Simply put, without a training diary you will not be able to meet your targets and this will result in you not being able to meet your goal, whether it is losing or gaining weight or muscles.

Your training diary should incorporate the following;

1. Put down the basics
You should put down basic information such as the date of training, when you should start and end the training, the body parts trained, and if there was a gym partner involved on that day.

2. Put down the number of reps and sets
In each lift you perform on the gym carefully take note of the number of reps and sets you will do. Take note also of the number of warm ups you do each day so that it will be easy to determine whether you will be able to avoid injuries.

You should also note the amount of weight you lift each day. This will be especially useful when you are performing progressive training.

If you are using special lifting techniques such as super sets, pyramids negatives or forced reps, remember to put them down in your diary. This will be beneficial in gaging whether the techniques you are applying are useful.

Keeping record of such details might end up saving you a lot of time.

3. Pay attention to details
When training takes note of the environment you are doing you’re lifting such as which type of music psyches you up and so on.

4. Observe the proper nutrition needed to build muscles
Although it sounds like a vigorous task, you should try and put down in your diary the foods you take each day. This will be very useful when you are doing your calorie count.

You should record details such as when the food was consumed, amount in grams, and the item itself.

5. Record how much you weigh
You should try and weigh yourself each week and put this information in your training diary. This will help you see just how much you are progressing each day.

6. Go through you diary before any work out.
If you do not do this then the diary will not have served its purpose. This will enable you determine how far you are willing to go.

By applying all this in your diary you will be on your way to success.