If I was to take you to the gym, I can guess you'll probably (and hopefully...) bring the following: good training shoes, clean kit, a bottle of water and a clean towel. What I can bet you won't bring though, is a notebook and pen. Yet this could be just what you need to breakthrough and take your training to a new level.
You train hard but are you doing the same reps and lifting the same weight as a month ago? How much extra weight can you now lift since last year? The answer is you probably don't know. And if you don't know this, then how do you know if all that hard work and sweat has been worth it?
By writing down everything you do in the gym, you can see what increases you have made and what needs to be worked on. It can also motivate: you don't feel like working out today yet look at your notebook and see how you've already increased your Deadlift by 20kg - that alone should motivate you to try lifting that next extra couple of kg.
It also allows you to review your workout afterwards. Sometimes write down a few words to describe how you feel. Maybe you didn't lift as much as last week so what have you done differently in that time? Maybe you haven't eaten enough or you didn't get enough sleep - next time you train, you can try to rectify this.
You can also see exactly how much you need to lift to be stronger then last time.
You may get some strange looks in the gym, but have the last laugh knowing that your the one who has made progress.
Talk soon,
Dan
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