One For The Record Books

Start keeping a training log and transform your physique faster, says Ultimate Performance founder Nick Mitchell

- Nick Mitchell

Do you keep a training diary? If not, you’re making a big mistake – it’s a key part of what it takes to build a bigger, stronger, leaner body. “For the best physique results you must keep detailed records of your workouts,” says Nick Mitchell, founder of the global personal training gym business Ultimate Performance. “You may be able to remember how much weight you lifted on your favourite exercise last week, but it is unlikely that you’ll recall this for every exercise in your programme.”

What’s even less likely is that you can remember how good your technique was or how challenging you found a specific weight during a given set.