Tracking Progress

I've found for me that one way to keep motivated it to track my progress. It's really great to see what I used to bench, for example, compared to what I'm lifing today.

I got my first routine from the Men's Health web site a year and 9 months ago. It was a circuit training routine and being as overweight as I was at the time it was NOT EASY to get though.

However, thankfully, I kept dedicated logs of everything I did. Because of those logs, I can tell you that, for example, I've increased my bench press by exactly 250% and French Press by 225%.

Because I haven't been doing all of the same exercises for the whole time I don't have the same data for every single exercise I do. However, I do still keep meticulous records and I can tell you that in the past 3 months I've increased my bicep curl by 17% and my lateral raises by 50%. The big winner again is my bench which, in the past 3 months, I've increased by 31%.

If you aren't already doing so, track your progress!!