If we're going to put in the time to keep ourselves fit and healthy shouldn't we at least take the time to track our efforts. If the goal is to improve our fitness we need to know how to create improvement. This is where a workout log pushes our progress.Being a competitive person my workout log allows me to not only see progression, but to compete against myself and to constantly push to be better. Talk about self motivation; it drives me thru my workouts. I know my weights, sets, reps, & times. It's an automatic challenge for improvement.
Keeping a workout log can do wonders for your goals whether you're looking for weight loss, performance, or strength. To create progress you need a means to measure yourself. With a log there are no lies, no self-deception, it's on paper and hopefully in ink. So if you want improvement then hold yourself accountable and the progress will come.