Art Vandelay said:Anyone willing to share their excel template? Graphing it out sounds really useful, and and electronic record is probably the way to go. I've just been writing it down in a notepad.
My template is pretty simple. I use a word document. I make a heading which has the current date. I make a note of anything special about this workout. Then I have a bullet list containing each exercise, the goal and if I did not make it, what I made. I also write down if there is anything I want to remember the next time or later on. If I was filming myself I will add filming notes to each bullet after each work out.
Here is a sample (just translated into English and cleaned up a bit to make it more readable
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2013-09-15
It's a Sunday and I'm lagging behind in the schedule of the week because of a cold. I will let the other exercises slip into the next week and I'll try to catch up next week.
FL: XXXX:
Film: looks good, except maybe lifting legs a bit too high up. iM is looking better now, but remember to lift up fully into the bridge after each rep.
sPL: XXXX: really trying to push the lean as far as I can
Film: starting to look a bit better now. Good hollow and no pike, but scapula should be pushed down a bit more and need a bit more forward lean
HBP: XXXX:
Film: looks good, except remember to keep elbows in on all reps
RC: XXXX: was not able to pull all the way up in a couple of reps in the last set, but it was quite close, so try to keep up with the template after the deload week
Film: looks good
(Edit: I just noticed I posted this in the open forums, so I censored the exercise names)