Author:Suzanne Schlosberg Binding: Spiral-bound ISBN: 0618466495 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
"Good way to stay motivated"
"Too Many Extras"
"Nice choice but limitations"
"Great"
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Whether you're training for a triathlon, aiming to set a personal bench-press record, or simply trying to firm up and slim down, The Ultimate Workout Log is the book you need. Your own personal trainer in a paperback, it will help you to set concrete goals, devise strategies to reach them, and monitor your progress. Ever-popular, motivational, and endlessly useful, the third edition now includes yoga, Pilates, and mind-body exercise plus increased space to record six months' worth of training routines and goals.
Do you want to run a 5K this year or finish a triathlon next spring? Or are you starting your first fitness program because the doctor said you have to lose weight? Do you drink enough water, or overdo it on the carbo-loading? The Ultimate Fitness Log can assist you in tracking your fitness progress, whether you're concerned about nutrition, cardiovascular fitness, strength training, weight loss, or all four.
Suzanne Schlosberg, coauthor of Weight Training for Dummies and Fitness for Dummies, says while she scoffed at keeping a personal diary in high-school English class, she finds fitness diaries extremely helpful for monitoring her training for the Northern California Death Ride bike race.
Schlosberg starts with minichapters on how to use the log (including how to rate the intensity of your workouts), hints for finding your way among the health-club equipment, how to prevent workout-related injuries, and answers to frequently asked questions about cardio and strength-training exercises (like how to calculate your target heart rate--and how to use it). Then come six months worth of diary, with space for tracking time and distance for cardio; weight, sets, and reps for strength training; and space for nutrition notes. By monitoring your progress from day to day and month to month, you can more easily reach your goals. Inspirational quotes, fitness definitions (do you know what a "whipper" is to a rock climber?), and fitness tips are interspersed throughout the days to help keep you motivated. --Erica Jorgensen
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Good way to stay motivated I like the idea of a workout log, but I guess I need more of a blank notebook. The pages in here are WAY TOO divvied up into sections that I don't think most people would use, myself included (see a look inside the book to see what I mean). I also don't like that the book is broken up into weeks and then each day because I don't work out everyday. I do like the little facts and pieces of info on the top of some pages. Bottom line: A blank journal might be better for customization
Too Many Extras I ordered 3 of these and I've just finished with the third one. It worked pretty well for me at first, but eventually I started to run out of room in the strength training section. I could have done without all the extras. Each page has a paragraph at the top (Research Report, Quick Quiz, Training Trivia, Nutrition Nugget, etc.), which I never bothered to read. Also there are areas at the bottom of each page for "Mind-Body Notes", "Nutrition Notes" and "Daily Wrap Up". The "Nutrition Notes" section is so... more info
Nice choice but limitations Each page tries to squeeze in so much that you don't have room to write a whole lot of detail for a particular component. Looking back at how I've used it, it's convenient for scribbling down a quick recap of my workouts ie "5 mile run, tired towards the end", or a quick note on nutrition, "had lots of carbs before the run" or in the mind-body section "foul mood today but much better after my run". As others stated, there's not a whole lot of room for tracking your strength training. One thing to note that... more info
Great For someone who is a list maker and loves to check things off when they're completed, this book is for them! I am a list maker and I needed this to help get me motivated and to see in writing what I"ve done. Yes, you can do this yourself on an Excell spreadsheet or something but who has the time? I decided to just chuck up the money and get this and I'm glad I did...plenty of helpful tips too!
