Carefully tracking your progress is extremely important when embarking on any kind of physical fitness program. It is essential to meet with your coach/trainer every 2-4 weeks to have your weight, body fat and complete measurements taken. You can take it a step further by having regular blood tests via your primary physician if you are trying to regulate general health measures like total cholesterol, ratio of LDL to HDL, triglycerides, hormonal balance and blood pressure. Oddly enough, a very good indicator of progress is by feeling how your clothes fit. Obviously if you are looking to get bigger and more muscular, you know you are headed in the right direction if your shirts are fitting tighter in the arms, chest, and through the back. The scale is not always a tell-tale sign of whether your program is yielding results, since it is very possible for women, as an example, to drop several sizes without losing a single pound! Always remember that muscle takes up far less space than fat.