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Exercise JournalsUsing Simple Exercise Journal TemplatesExercise Journals are a must for anyone who wants to get serious about getting in shape. They do not have to be complex. Below you will see examples of exercise journal templates which when used you simply have to get in the habit of recording your progress at least once a week. After a week you will forget what you accomplished if you do not record your results. There are several very easy ways to keep records. One can use a calendar. It can be the calendar you are already using in the kichen or on the computer at work. If you jog for instant just start adding a j in the square that is on the day that you ran. A variation of this plan allows you to get ahead on your exercise. If you make a contract with yourself to exercise 3 days a week but you exercise 5 days in a week, then you can put an e on the days you exercised and then two more e marks on the following week. The advantage of this plan is there are never any excuses. This is the plan I have been using to jog for over 40 years now. It is not only easy, it is fun. Even when I hurt my ankle and could not walk for a couple of months, I never got behind because I was already months ahead. This may work for jogging, but get a little more serious and you need to do more paper work. If you want to get better at running, you will have to record your times and try and beat them every so often. Here is an example of a runners log (one of the exercise journals). Which of the exercise journals you use depends on the exercise you choose. If you are weight lifting you will have to use weight training charts, that keep up with the type of exercise, the weight used, the number of sets and the number of reps. Here are some examples of weight training charts:
intro weight lifting program chart
Perhaps you have tried the gym and found you were doing nothing but paying for the membership. Working at home may be just the answer. If you are thinking of exercising at home, consider using kettlebells instead of more traditional weights because you get aerobic workouts as well as strength training. With no moving parts, kettlebells also have the advantage over more elaborate exercise equipment. Here is a great site about kettlebell exercise to get more information about kettlebells. I tried to keep an exercise journal in the form of a blog for a while and it did not work out so well. Now I just keep up with my exercise on a calendar. For my exercise I jog walk run and ... New! CommentsHave your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment in the box below. |
