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How to log weights
How to properly log your workouts (Cheat Sheet)
This is a guide to logging your workouts. If you want to track the total volume of weight lifted during each session.
Note: If you not to use this method for tracking your weights and workouts, that's perfectly fine. What's most important is consistency in your chosen method from week to week. This consistency is vital to ensuring that you are progressively increasing your performance.
“Each Side” Exercises
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Example: Bulgarian Squats – 10 reps “each side”
A.) If you’re holding 15 lbs. dumbbells in each arm, for each side – you’d log 60 lbs (30 lb. right leg + 30 lb. left leg)
B.) If you’re holding one 15 lb. dumbbell – you’d log 30 lbs.Example: Arm-Out Signle Arm Arnold Press (On Knee) – 12 reps “each side”
A.) If you’re holding a 15 lb. dumbbell – you’d log 30 lbs (15 lb. right arm + 15 lb. left arm)
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Example: Arm-Out Dumbbell Squat to Arnold Press – 10 reps “each side”
A.) If you’re holding a 10 lb. dumbbell in your arm for each side, you’d log 40 lbs
Math: (Right Side: 10 lb. for Arnold Press + 10 lb. for Squat) + (Left Side: 10 lb. for Arnold Press + 10 lb. for Squat) = 40 lbs.
Both Arms/Legs Exercises
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Example: Standing Bicep Curls – 12 reps
A.) If you’re holding 15 lb. in each arm, you’d log 30 lbs.
Math: (15 lb. right arm) + (15 lb. left arm) = 30 lbs.