Printable workout log

Seven columns and deliberately large cells, because sets, reps and weight do not fit in a small box.

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Big cells because you are writing three numbers

A habit tracker needs a box you can tick. A workout log needs a box that holds something like 3x8 at 60, written quickly, often standing up, sometimes with chalk on your hands. The 14 mm cells here are sized for that. Most printable workout logs are ruled for ticks and become unusable the moment you try to record an actual set.

Log the load, not the intention

The reason to keep a paper log at all is progressive overload, and that only works if you can see what you did last time. Write what actually happened, including the session where you dropped the weight or stopped at five reps. A log that records only good days tells you nothing about whether you are progressing and quietly encourages you to skip recording bad ones.

Exercises down the side, days across

The blank label column is for your movements, not somebody else's program. Write them in for the block you are running and reprint when the block changes, which is the point at which a pre-printed log would already have become wrong. For simple daily habits rather than training, the monthly tracker is the lighter option.

Printing it accurately

This only measures correctly if your printer doesn't rescale the page. In the print dialog set Scale: 100%, not "Fit to page" or "Shrink oversized pages". If you're not sure it worked, print the calibration page, measure the ruler on it with a real ruler, and it will tell you exactly what your printer is doing to the page.