Figured I'd join in on this, as I need to keep my motivation up to maintain my weekly resistance training schedule, and accountability helps. I've been out of any kind of formalized training since February of last year, and even that was like... Gym once a month, so barely counts. I tend to peter out after like a month, even before my progress plateaus (!). I'm just pretty lazy.
For any notes on why this exercise record looks odd, it's following the 'Big 5' protocol from the book 'Body By Science' by McGuff and Little. Goal is to either increase time under tension until positive failure, amount of weight lifted, or reduce rest/maintain it at the same level. The workout is a circuit of 5 exercises, designed to be done with as little rest in between as possible.
2017-09-02-
Row- Increased weight by 10% over last week; need to see how I do next workout to gauge progress.
Chest press - Cut rest time by 50% but maintained same time-under tension- counting that as a win.
Pull Down - Cut rest by 50%, increased load by 10%, but lower time under tension (expected.) Still above my target time, so will likely increase load again next workout.
Shoulder Press - Increased weight by 7%, cut rest by 50%, TUT down 17%. Will see what happens next week at same load.
Inclined Leg Press - Cut rest by 50%, maintained weight, increased TUT by 30%. Great success! Scary to be under that much weight, though.