A good way to chart your progress in an unconventional way is to log your workouts on the calendar in your house.
You may be surprised how often you train, or indeed how little you actually train!
This has often been an eye opener for many people and often tells the harsh truth on how well you may be doing or not, and more importantly why!
If you are on of the few who workout 3 times or more per week, thats at least 12 workouts a month-MINIMUM.
That’s going to be a minimum of 144 workouts a year or more, and that’s going to guarantee you some serious progress as long as your eating is under control.
How many of you can honestly say this? Do you have “lost” weeks here and there, that is VERY destructive to your progress so have a long hard think on why things aren’t progressing the way you thought.
The actual process of writing down your workouts can be very powerful. It has been proven by scientists that if you tend to write your goals down regularly, you are likely to achieve 80% of them. If you don’t, the research says that mediocre results are more likely. When you have more of a plan, you are likely to be successful in whatever you choose to do.
This is all part of you getting serious, and making much more of your training. Don’t become a victim of not being committed and eventually losing interest in your health and fitness plan, or should i just say health and fitness?
The reality of most people i meet is that not many stick to a well structured plan. Fortunately all the people i train stick to it, well most of it anyway and show up for every session, if they don’t, i tell them they are wasting their time and money.
It’s best to be honest with people, and this is the way to perform and get the very best out of yourself for the rest of your life. Log your workouts, assess your progress once a month and be consistent, thats the true secret!
