How we design our workout programs

Many people seek out personal training because they’re not sure what exercises to do.

After all, there are millions of workouts to be found online. 

So, what’s our approach to designing exercise programs?

We start with the primary movement patterns: push, pull, hinge, squat, single-leg, rotation, and carry.

These are everyday movements.

Think pushing a stroller, pulling open a door, picking up a pencil you dropped, getting out of a chair, stepping off a curb, turning around to shush the people behind you in the movie theater, and carrying groceries.

We want your workouts to help you outside the gym, so we focus on these movements.

From this foundation, we work with your goals. If you want to improve your pullups, we’ll add more of those. If you’re prepping for a long hike, we’ll add cardio endurance and deceleration exercises.

Next, we plan how to make the workouts harder over time.

As we discussed a couple weeks ago, if an exercise feels easy, it’s not helping you get stronger.

We generally start by increasing range of motion.

For instance, going deeper in a squat or higher on a single-leg step-up. 

Then we increase reps.

Then we decrease reps and increase weight. 

This way you’re working through your full range of motion and improving both strength and endurance. 

The end result is a balanced, full-body workout designed to help you perform the activities you love!