Track your workout in a diary, trainers recommend

Logging your activities shouldn't be laborious. It's a way to monitor progress and keep motivation up. KEEPING A workout journal is an easy way to track exercise progress. Maybe that's why many personal trainers suggest (or insist) their clients keep one. After all, it is difficult to recall exactly how many minutes at what intensity you did on the elliptical trainer last time. Without those details, workouts blend into one another with no real progress measured.

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