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J_J
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- Mar 28, 2012
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I keep a log of every set and every rep so I know exactly how much I did each workout, that way I can make sure I strive for and achieve that bit more each time. As for time, I don't track and record time between sets. Im anal about logging everything but not that anal I do keep track of when I start my first main set on my first exercise and and when I finish my last main set on my last exercise so I can tell if my workouts are getting longer, shorter or staying the same. That way I can be pretty sure my intensity is not decreasing.
That's great at least that you track the time element of your work to that extent from the first set to the last set. To be able to get your rate of work or the intensity of an entire workout is useful. If you did 4 exercises and the total time it took you to get through those individual exercises didn't hardly change and you did the same exact weights and reps, but your time between exercises was less and you cut the total time from 50 minutes down to 45 minutes then that would be an increase in your rate of work of @ 11%.
Example: 50,000 lbs total work in 50 minutes = 1,000 lbs/min
50,000 lbs total work in 45 minutes = 1,111 lbs/min