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Weights - Tracking Progressive Overload

  • 02-12-2020 3:54pm
    #1
    JMR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 636 ✭✭✭JMR


    Interested to hear what methods people on here use to track their workouts?
    Sets / Reps / Weights etc
    I know there are probably a lot of apps, any good ones?
    Anybody still use pen & paper?

    The main point for me would be the ease with which I can record the exercise there and then, at the bench / rack etc.
    I used an app on my phone for a while, then reverted to a little notebook.


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  • #2
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,567 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    I like the standard pen & paper myself. Don't really progress but like to have it written down regardless.

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  • #3
    Mars Bar
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    I used the Fitnotes app


  • #4
    JMR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 636 ✭✭✭JMR


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    I used the Fitnotes app

    That's the one I used myself but kind of found myself spending more time inputting data than working out - maybe that says more about me than the app!


  • #5
    Black Sheep
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    Pen and paper. Then some uploaded content to my coach in our FB group that remains searchable down the line.


  • #6
    j@utis
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    Fitnotes (for Android only), best of this kind of apps. It takes only two seconds to put the sets in, easy!


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  • #7
    Alf Veedersane
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    My log here and in a collection of notebooks


  • #8
    Clayton Ugly Detergent
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    Colornote app
    And yeah my log


  • #9
    paw patrol
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    pen and paper now


    I used to use excel , I've a decent memory and would know in advance what I was doing and the weights I was going for.
    then fill it in at home
    but ill admit pen and paper is easier


  • #10
    silverharp
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    I lost my notepad in the gym a week before the last lockdown so I guess that was good timing, cleaners must have thrown it out. Write your name and number on it just in case!

    tended to keep the overall reps the same so had the information to hand to know how to beat the previous week either with a new high or adding weight to one of the sets so overall work was increasing

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  • #11
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,654 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    My log here and in a collection of notebooks

    Just to add, I record what I do on an old phone handset that doesn't have a SIM card so i record numbers and feelz on it and transfer to notebook after


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  • #12
    JMR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 636 ✭✭✭JMR


    Thanks for all the replies.

    Going to stick with the trusty pen & paper method for now and probably transpose into Excel


  • #13
    JMR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 636 ✭✭✭JMR


    Went with a good old Excel spreadsheet in the end, lives in Google Drive so is accessible from anywhere.
    Shortcut on the phone gives instant access, where I key in reps / weight etc, then back at the laptop I can filter for exercise, day or whatever


  • #14
    figure8
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    Heavyset is good if you need an app on ios. Free version is fine, you just can't use set routines (which I don't mind anyway). Some features might be a little unintuitive to start with but you'll get the hang of it.


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