Having a training diary can really make your bulking up much more efficient and most professional bodybuilders use this method to keep track of their training. If you’ve made the decision to get the body you’ve dreamed of, a training diary can help you to stay focused and maintain your motivation.

When you keep track of your training it gets easy to give the right amount of training to all muscle groups and you’re making sure that they are being worked in a proper way. It’s great to have the ability to see how you are progressing over time and to know that you’ve improved your achievements.

A lot of people are surprised by the fact that they are able to increase the weights their lifting as fast as they are and it gets really fun when you’re able to set new goals and know that you can achieve them.

All you need is a notebook, unless you prefer a proper training log. Make different columns in this book to keep track on different training aspects. The main ones should be: time and date, muscle group trained, used exercise, weight lifted and number of reps and sets.

If you want you can also use a different page to keep track of your nutritional intake. Those categories could be: what you ate, time and estimated calories.

By making a plan for you training you can easier turn it into a part of your lifestyle. Make it a habit to once a week write down when you’re planning to work out and which muscle groups you want to focus on at each session. When you have it all written down you’ll find it harder to give yourself excuses for not going.

If you want to gain muscle you have to give your training the importance it deserves. You can also make a goal for each month on how much you want to increase the weights lifted. In this way you might find it easier to stay motivated.

If you do this all properly your focus will be on your achievements and the more you set your mind on muscle growth, the more you will gain. With a training diary the work out becomes a natural part of your life and the results will come for sure.