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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Weight lifting tips - Why recordkeeping is essential

By Jon Cardozo

If you've decided to build significant amounts of muscle, you should already know the most important components of your program. I'm talking, of course, about a resistance weightlifting program and a solid nutrition program.

The problem is that many people don't know how to act really measure their results. In other words, it's one thing to know that you should increase your calories, but how do you know whether or not things are working for you? If you don't keep track of what you're doing on a daily basis, there's no way to tell how much progress has been made or what you're doing incorrectly. That's why you need to write down everything that you eat and all the exercises that you do.

It's a simple procedure that can go a long way towards improving your muscle building program. It's really not that difficult once you get used to it. You simply have to discipline yourself to take a few extra moments and write down a few things. Start with how many calories you're eating, how many grams of protein you're eating, and what kind of exercises you're performing.

Writing things down in this way is a great way to keep track of your progress, because if things don't seem to be going the way you intended you simply go back to your record. Chances are you did something wrong either with your diet or with your workouts.

There will be times when you're not even sure if you're making progress all. There are some tips to keep in mind however, such as trying to gain a pound each week. This is one example of a goal you can shoot for that can help you track your progress along the way (as long as you also measure body fat percentage).

As for weightlifting exercises, your record keeping is just as important here. Your goal should be to gradually lift more weight from week to week, and you'll easily be able to see if you've met this requirement by writing things down.

It really is necessary to write things down because you're simply not going to remember later on. Having this set of records will help you change things as necessary.

If you're trying to make it through a muscle building workout plan and you're not keeping track on paper, you really are wasting your time. - 17274

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