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Keeping a Nutrition and Training Journal

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Author: John

Mia Hamm, who was an American soccer player and a forward on the U.S. women's soccer team for several years, said, "Success breeds success." Mia was right. A little success makes a lot of success look a lot more possible.

The thing is that building muscle mass isn't a very fast process. You are not going to decide that you want to gain weight and build muscle mass this morning and achieve all of the results you want by the time the sun sets. It just isn't going to happen. It's a process, and results don't come quickly; but they do come.

There are at least two very good reasons for you to keep a nutrition and training journal. One reason is that you can make adjustments to your nutrition and exercise program as your results dictate. That is, if plan A isn't working, you can go to plan B.

The other, and the most important, reason for keeping a nutrition and training journal is that success truly does breed success. When you can SEE a gain of ¼ inch of muscle in your arm, you are encouraged, and you are more willing — even excited about — continuing with your program.

Before you start your muscle-building program, take your measurements and write them down. YOU WILL NOT REMEMBER THEM. Write them down. Think of the measurements as a starting point.

Do NOT measure more than once a month. Results don't come fast, and measuring and not seeing results is discouraging; so you want to measure only once a month so that your progress is evident.

If you are trying to gain or lose weight, weigh yourself no more often than once each week. Weigh yourself at the same time of day and wearing the same clothing, or no clothing at all, so that you get an accurate weight and can accurately calculate weight gain or loss.









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