Keeping track of workouts

[Bad JuJu]

Besides using Bike Journal to keep track of cycling, I use an old-fashioned, low-tech method for other workouts--I write them down with actual pen and paper. I use a small Moleskine notebook (pocket-size, unruled) and use a page per day. For strength workouts, I've printed out my routines from a Word table and pasted them into the notebook so I can take it to the gym with me and make notes about sets, reps, and weight as well as how I'm feeling.

I'm reasonably computer literate but there's something very satisfying to me about writing my workouts in a physical log. Also, I have room to get all artistic about it if the urge strikes me to add some sketching, a photo, or even a quoted phrase from time to time. Since there's no loop for a pen or pencil, I had to make my own by wrapping the cover with duct tape to make a sort of pen quiver. I don't know what I'd do without these little notebooks.