How To Gauge Progress When Progress Is Not Obvious
February 23, 2009 | Posted by admin77 
Training Log
Sometimes it’s difficult to gauge progress, especially when you’re building muscle and losing fat at the same time. Your waist size might get bigger before it gets smaller, or your arms may decrease in size if you’ve lost an appreciable amount of body fat.
So, how can you tell when both the mirror and the tape measure lie?
Check your training logs! If you’re able to lift more for a given set/rep combination, you are progressing! Those are tangible results that cannot go unnoticed!
Another way to look at this is the following: If you’re not gaining strength and/or muscular endurance, you may not be building muscle OR losing fat! In fact, you may be losing muscle and getting fatter!
But rest assured, if you are getting stronger and your endurance is building, then you’re on the right path.
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Tags: bodyfat, Build Muscle, Gain Weight, lean | 
6 Comments »
I definitely agree that keeping track of your exercise progress is a good idea. Even if you don’t “see” the results, you can go back and realize how much better you’ve been doing which helps you stay motivated as well!
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great insight because i at times get angry when i notice a decrease in the amount of weight or repetitions im able to perform but when i look at my progression im doing much more than i was doing previously which is a plus
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Yes, it’s not the day-to-day progress that you should be measuring. It’s the month-over-month progress. We all experience peaks and valleys, but over time, our progress meter should have a positive slope!
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You should also keep track of your body fat% to quickly tell if it is body fat that you really lost.