Work Sheet for Practicing If You Want

 Since as more exercises are added it starts to get confusing (especially with those rotating),  I have started to make a work sheet for clients.   It does depend on either printing it OR a working knowledge of excel.

By using this, you can keep track of when you have gotten to an hour and what was worked on if you don't need to repeat it the next day.

Here is the link to the excel file:

Winston's Training Sheet




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