Workout logging and gym-planning guides

A useful workout record tells you what you planned and what you completed. Learn how to keep those numbers clear, compare like-for-like sessions and organize a weekly routine before you walk into the gym.

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Choose your starting point

Begin with the workout-log template if you are starting a record. Read the volume guide before comparing totals. The timer guide covers the gap between sets, while the weekly-planning guide helps you put an existing program into a workable calendar.

Workout planning

How to Log Gym Workouts: A Set-by-Set Template

Create a useful workout log with exercise names, planned and actual sets, reps, load and rest, plus a worked example for your next session.

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Workout Volume Explained: Sets × Reps × Weight

Calculate workout volume with equal or changing sets, avoid unit and dumbbell mistakes, and understand what the total can and cannot show.

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How to Use a Rest Timer Between Workout Sets

Use a gym rest timer consistently, distinguish rest from timed exercises, and understand the browser timer and Did You Lift automatic countdown.

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How to Organize a Weekly Workout Plan in Your App

Turn an existing training program into a weekly calendar with clear exercises, set targets, rest settings and a pre-workout review checklist.

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From the guide to the app

Put it into practice with Did You Lift

Did You Lift lets you plan exercises with individual set targets and move from a completed set into a rest countdown. Use a training plan suited to your experience and adjust targets with your coach when needed.

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Plan your gym week, follow set targets and time your rests.

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