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Originally Posted by Mugen910
Frank have you been to my gym? The only thing you missed was the chicks walking on the treadmill while chatting away on their cell. You described it to the "T." They even have pizza night and bagel mornings.  . Anyways, I found weight clips today..I was shocked !
So uhm....3 quick miles today then threw the weights around concentrating on shoulders and back. I felt so good tonite!! Someday I will have the courage to throw up numbers on here and play with the big boys 
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Personally, I don't worry about the size of my numbers. I look more to how I am progressing from week to week and month to month. I've only been lifting for a bit more than a year on a regular basis. There's no way I could even think about pushing the weights someone who's been doing it for 10 could.
I do track every workout in a notebook, writing down what exercise, weight and number of reps. If I am getting frustrated and/or need motivation, I pull out my starting months and look at the numbers and exercises there. That usually helps me quite a bit.
On a side note, I go to an LA Fitness and have been using their in-house trainers just because I came into this knowing basically nothing about it. I ran cross country and track in middle/high school and never went near a weight room outside of gym class. So, I'm just wondering where to go from here. I don't think the trainers there really have much to offer me at this point in terms of learning, more just changing up routines and checking form. I can do that myself. Where/how can I go about actually finding a good trainer who is going to actually be able to help me take this to the next level? Preferably one who doesn't cost me an arm and a leg...