How to know if you lifted more than last session

Why the usual way fails

Memory is bad at numbers you don't write down, and the gym is a bad place to write things down. A notes app on the phone works until your phone is in a locker or your hands are chalked up. Paper notebooks get left at home. And when the record lives somewhere you have to dig for, you stop checking it, which is the same as not having it.

How FlexLog helps

FlexLog keeps the log on your wrist, so last session's numbers are where your eyes already are between sets. You record each set as you finish it, and the watch keeps your workout history, your history per exercise and your heaviest-weight records. When you start the same exercise next week, you look back at what you did and decide the new weight from a real number instead of a hunch.

Step by step

1. Start a workout on your watch and choose the exercise you are about to do.
2. After each set, adjust the reps and weight with the watch controls and log it before you rest.
3. When you finish, review what you completed so the session is saved to your history.
4. Before your next session of that exercise, open its exercise history and check the last weight and reps.
5. Pick your new target from that number, then watch for a new heaviest-weight record in your history.

Tips

• Log the set right after you rack the weight, not at the end of the workout. Numbers you type in later are the ones that drift, and a log you fill in from memory is only a little better than no log.
• Keep one routine for the lifts you care about and start it the same way every time. The free version gives you one custom template, which is enough for a main routine you repeat each week.
• Check how far back you need to look. The free version shows the last seven days of watch history, which covers a weekly routine. If you want to compare against older sessions, the one-time Pro purchase unlocks older workout and exercise history.
• Add small jumps rather than big ones. When the last number is right in front of you, it is easy to add a little and see whether it holds, and a new heaviest-weight record in your history tells you it did.

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