Hello,
When I first started out the GB program with Fundamentals, it was fairly straightforward how to do each exercise, because I was following along with the online video and usually there were just one or two exercises that needed to be done in a single workout.
However, after Fundamentals I started with Foundation 1, Handstand 1 and 2 and the Stretch series simultaneously, which meant that suddenly I had to know how to do 14 different exercises for F1 (strength and mobility), 12 exercises for H1 and H2 and around 45 different ones for the Stretch series.
When doing the workouts at home, knowing which exercises to do and what they look like is not a problem, because you can just follow along with the online video.
When doing the workouts in the gym however, you don't have the luxury of taking a laptop with you and watching videos (not in my gym anyway).
So how do you organize things to know what you should do? In the "old days", I could just write down "dead-lift" or "wide pull-up" and know what to do, instead of "seated shoulder flexion reps with weighted bar", and the exercises would not change from week to week as they do in GB when you are progressing.
So I had to come up with a system that is easy and clear so that I know what to do when working out in the gym and also at home since bending over your laptop with sweat dripping all over is bound to go wrong.
After trying some things I came up with this:
I make drawings of the exercises on index cards and then put them in a business-card holder page (which happens to be sweat-proof and also crease-proof). See picture in the attachment.
This works like a charm, because I instantly know what to do, how to do it and the cards are replaceable. I write down the reps on a different sheet.
Because I always strive to improve, I was wondering what methods you use to keep track of your exercises when you have to workout in the gym.
Thanks in advance.
