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Hello,

I don’t find going out and running a problem as it’s very straightforward. However when it comes to all things weights and strength etc, it’s like a minefield out there. I don’t know the names of things, I never know what I should do, and in all honestly I’ve kind of bumbled along using bits from YouTube, trying things out, and developing my own sort of plan.

For a while I had a gym partner ( I’m not a gym sort of person really). He asked me why I wasn’t writing anything down..... why on earth would I want to write anything, I’m in a gym! Anyway, he then explained that I should keep a log of my training, and so I know which weight to do. So I went home, bought a book and then developed my own little thing.

I’ve named my training plan structure PERT:

Progression - what have I done more than I did before, or different?

Energise / energy - this is about what I’ve done that was energising OR how is my energy, am I eating the right food, staying hydrated etc.

Relax/ reflect- am I getting in my downtime, and how do I feel about where I am, what I want to achieve etc.

Tomorrow/ to do- what’s my focus for tomorrow, or what do I need to do in my next session, or the rest of the day.

So I’m sharing it here in case you may find something like this useful. I’ve found this works for me as I am writing in it and using the structure. The pic is an example of what I have written for today.

Juju

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roseabi

LOVE this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ju-ju- in reply toroseabi

So glad you likey!

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linda9389

Food for thought there! I definitely like eing able to look back over stuff in my training plans and strava, but this takes things a lot further. Great idea 😀

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ju-ju- in reply tolinda9389

Thankyou, it’s kind of evolved!

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linda9389 in reply toju-ju-

Crikey! That word covers my whole journey since c25k w1r1 ... no real intention, but a whole lot of evolving 😀. In theory that should be a good thing 😍

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Just great!!!! X

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ju-ju- in reply toOldfloss

Thanks, I felt the need to make up my own thing!!

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Slinkymalinki

Great idea! I need to do something like this. I'm very good at ignoring the need to relax and restore when life is busy & don't plan forward in terms of strength. Thank you for sharing! 😊

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ju-ju- in reply toSlinkymalinki

me too... which is why I felt I needed to factor it in. When you do alot of fitness its easy to forget the important stuff.... I am working on it..!

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SuzyKK

LOVE THIS!!! Thanks Ju-Ju- xxx

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ju-ju- in reply toSuzyKK

Yay so glad you like!

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SueAppleRun

What a good idea

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ju-ju- in reply toSueAppleRun

Thankyou :)

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hhealthnut

I find both cardio and strength exercises to both be the same difficulty. But with all my research I've done weight lifting brings the most benefits, and is less boring than taxing cardio which put thousands of pounds of pressure on your joints with just a mile run. Walking is something I do everyday for 12k steps *I use a fit bit* but I also use, "greasing the groove" *you can search it up* and it's the fastest easiest way I know to build strength and hope you can use this method as well. When weights seem easy in my head once I start lifting them it's easy, and I hope the same for you because little by little a little becomes a lot. "stay blessed be blessed and be a blessing to others"

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ju-ju- in reply tohhealthnut

Sounds good, I will certainly look that up, thanks for sharing....

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