Understanding your own ability level is a crucial step in structuring an effective training session. By assessing your performance and setting up a clear scale, you can tailor your workouts to match your strength and enhance your progress. This tutorial will guide you through the process of establishing a personalized training scale based on your body weight and the types of resistance bands available, ensuring you get the most out of your workouts.
Start by determining your current body weight and mark it as the center point of your scale. For instance, if you weigh 65 kilograms, that becomes the baseline. Next, familiarize yourself with the different resistance bands: the red band typically reduces your weight by about 14 kilograms, the blue band by 23 kilograms, and the green band by 30 kilograms. This means that if you're using the green band, you would effectively be performing pull-ups as if you weigh only 35 kilograms. To build the upper portion of your scale, you can add weights incrementally using a weight belt, starting from your body weight and going up in manageable chunks.
Once your scale is set up, it’s time to find your one-repetition maximum (1 RM), which reflects your true strength level. Begin with the lightest band and gradually work your way up, trying to perform a single repetition. If you find a band too easy, skip to the next one; if it feels too hard, reduce the weight slightly. The goal is to identify the point at which you can just manage one rep—this will help you identify where you currently sit on your scale. With your 1 RM established, you can easily start crafting a training program that targets your goals while steadily pushing your strength.
Highlights:
- Create a personalized scale based on your body weight and resistance bands to assess your current ability.
- Use the right bands to understand how much you're effectively lifting when performing pull-ups.
- Establish your one-repetition maximum (1 RM) to create a tailored training program to help you progress effectively.
0.089well done for getting through all of the1.86beginner intermediate and advanced3.419options in the series now we're going to5.879have a look at the actual programming8.099behind your training session how your10.889training session is going to be11.969structured how many sets how many reps14.429what you're actually looking at doing16.619when you go out to train this episode19.949we're going to have a look at actually21.6finding your ability level and placing24.3it on a scale that you're going to draw26.34out and record down so now we're going30to create our scale and we're going to32.219place ourselves on to it to begin with35.25we're going to take our current body37.32weight and place that into the middle of40.26the scale now for me that is 6543.649kilograms so I'm going to place that45.66with a line in the middle now we've done49.53that we are going to start looking at51.87the red blue and green bands start with55.949we'll look at the red band because that58.199one is going to give us the smallest60.53decrease from our body weight so if we64.589move down to the red we know actually68.43from the manufacturers website that70.86we're gonna take 14 kilograms off of our74.549body weight this is gonna be a rough76.95estimate it is not going to be very79.35accurate because depending on the height81.81of the person and how taut the elastic85.59band is going to be means that it's87.63going to be pulling at different amounts89.909but for now we're just looking at the92.1manufacturer website and we're gonna93.96take the 14 kilos for our scale next97.829will be the blue band that will actually101.1take 23 kilos off and leave us with 42105.299kilograms and what this means is when107.909I'm doing a normal body weight pull up110.61I'm actually pulling 65 kilograms up114.18from the ground and just with my arms if117.57I use the red band I'm pulling 51 kilos120.689and if I'm using the blue band I am122.399pulling 42 kilos with my arms126.71lastly with the green band we are gonna129.569be actually taking 30 kilograms off so132.87it means that133.709you're gonna be pulling 35 kilograms off136.59of the ground just with your arms with139.14this pull-up now we have the downward143.25scale let's have a look above the 65146.25kilos so for this we know that we could148.799add weight by just simply placing the151.65weight belt onto us with varying amounts154.709of weight plates and we know that we can157.829put as much or as little weight as we160.079like on so I'm just going to add a 10164.4kilo increment for 65 to 75 and then169.23we're going to go up again to 85 and171.569then finally 95 obviously this can be as175.109small as you like or as big as you like177.599the scale is absolutely as much or as181.769little as you like it to be after184.439creating the scale now you have to place186.84yourself onto it now to do that we are189.93actually going to spend a whole session192.03just figuring out what are one194.79repetition maximum is going to be so we198.269call this a 1 RM so the 1 RM is a way of203.609checking what our raw strength is and it207.299means that we're going to look at what209.669could we only do once on the bar so how213.449what weight could we use that means that216.359we would only be able to do one of those219.239repetitions if you feel that you could221.729do doubles or triples it means it's too224.31light and we really want to find out226.5what that single one is so when you229.799start you're going to start very very232.019light you have to be completely honest234.75with yourself as a student or if you're237.18the coach you really want to have a look239.669at starting with something that you know242.04is going to be very very easy so let's245.37start with the green band here now248.609we know that using the scale we're gonna252.75weigh 35 kilos so it means that our256.59first check of being able to do a single259.59repetition with the green if we can261.269complete it we know that we're starting264at the scale of 35 kilos and that we can266.94do that267.54okay so again I'm going to use the band270.54here I'm going to hang pull up and out274.98now because I've completed that I know278.04that we're starting at 35 kilos and we281.64can move up to a nut the next way up and284.49we're going to have a go up to doing286.68that and trying again we're now going to289.86move up the scale we're going to try to292.38get far up the scale as we can and294.78you're going to do that in very small297.27increments now to begin with you might300.03find that with your strength ability302.12actually the green is very very easy is306.12way too easy so you know that if you308.58were to go to the blue that would be310.44fairly easy as well just go straight to312.84the blue give that one a go as well as315.35you get closer to what you are319.58potentially being able to your 1rm so322.74let's say that after the blue band here326.01we are starting to struggle we're still329.01able to do those singles but we know331.14that the work is starting to get a333.12little bit harder we want to make those335.28increments smaller so we start with the338.73blue there and we can actually use the341.25weight belt to place a little bit more343.32weight on us to make us a little bit345.33heavier so the difference between the347.46blue and the red has now replaced a350.46middle ground in between the two so as353.94we start adding more weight to ourselves356.58and using the blue band it means we're359.46getting closer and closer to that red361.89band okay363.15so we're using the blue going towards367.14the red and you just keep adding weight369.42and you want to look at usually around 1372.81kilo as an increment so as you start375.45getting very close to your 1rm you only378.03want to be putting very small amounts of380.55weight as increments as you get closer383.07to it so we've been using the blue band385.64we've gone from the green up to the blue388.5and now we're slowly moving towards the390.69red let's say you're using the weight394.02belt to go up in one kilogram increments397.68up until you get up to that red400.83and value you get to the red band you404.04managed to do one pull-up with the red406.83band without any extra weight you decide410.67you're going to give the next one a go412.71and you pay some extra kilo onto your415.74bodyweight you try the red band and418.44you're unable to do it that is where421.14your 1rm is going to sit so the red band424.83the one that you completed the one that427.41you were able to do that is your current430.35ability level on this scale so now we434.01have our 1 RM we can now place ourselves436.74onto the scale and we know where we are440.34using the example we are able to do the443.85red band and a single rep with the red447.39band that means our 1 RM is sitting at450.2451 kilos now we've found where our453.63current level lies we can now start to457.53have a look at our goals and we're going459.87to have a look at how we're going to461.94create our program around our current465.03ability level and how to progress up467.55from there476.43you
1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 well done for getting through all of the 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,000 beginner intermediate and advanced 3 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:07,000 options in the series now we're going to 4 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,000 have a look at the actual programming 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,000 behind your training session how your 6 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,000 training session is going to be 7 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,000 structured how many sets how many reps 8 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:19,000 what you're actually looking at doing 9 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,000 when you go out to train this episode 10 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,000 we're going to have a look at actually 11 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,000 finding your ability level and placing 12 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:29,000 it on a scale that you're going to draw 13 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:31,000 out and record down so now we're going 14 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:35,000 to create our scale and we're going to 15 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,000 place ourselves on to it to begin with 16 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:40,000 we're going to take our current body 17 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:43,000 weight and place that into the middle of 18 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:45,000 the scale now for me that is 65 19 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:48,000 kilograms so I'm going to place that 20 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:51,000 with a line in the middle now we've done 21 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:55,000 that we are going to start looking at 22 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:57,000 the red blue and green bands start with 23 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,000 we'll look at the red band because that 24 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:04,000 one is going to give us the smallest 25 00:00:60,000 --> 00:01:07,000 decrease from our body weight so if we 26 00:00:64,000 --> 00:01:10,000 move down to the red we know actually 27 00:00:68,000 --> 00:01:14,000 from the manufacturers website that 28 00:00:70,000 --> 00:01:16,000 we're gonna take 14 kilograms off of our 29 00:00:74,000 --> 00:01:18,000 body weight this is gonna be a rough 30 00:00:76,000 --> 00:01:20,000 estimate it is not going to be very 31 00:00:79,000 --> 00:01:25,000 accurate because depending on the height 32 00:00:81,000 --> 00:01:26,000 of the person and how taut the elastic 33 00:00:85,000 --> 00:01:29,000 band is going to be means that it's 34 00:00:87,000 --> 00:01:31,000 going to be pulling at different amounts 35 00:00:89,000 --> 00:01:33,000 but for now we're just looking at the 36 00:00:92,000 --> 00:01:37,000 manufacturer website and we're gonna 37 00:00:93,000 --> 00:01:40,000 take the 14 kilos for our scale next 38 00:00:97,000 --> 00:01:44,000 will be the blue band that will actually 39 00:00:101,000 --> 00:01:47,000 take 23 kilos off and leave us with 42 40 00:00:105,000 --> 00:01:50,000 kilograms and what this means is when 41 00:00:107,000 --> 00:01:53,000 I'm doing a normal body weight pull up 42 00:00:110,000 --> 00:01:56,000 I'm actually pulling 65 kilograms up 43 00:00:114,000 --> 00:01:60,000 from the ground and just with my arms if 44 00:00:117,000 --> 00:01:61,000 I use the red band I'm pulling 51 kilos 45 00:00:120,000 --> 00:01:66,000 and if I'm using the blue band I am 46 00:00:122,000 --> 00:01:69,000 pulling 42 kilos with my arms 47 00:00:126,000 --> 00:01:72,000 lastly with the green band we are gonna 48 00:00:129,000 --> 00:01:73,000 be actually taking 30 kilograms off so 49 00:00:132,000 --> 00:01:75,000 it means that 50 00:00:133,000 --> 00:01:78,000 you're gonna be pulling 35 kilograms off 51 00:00:136,000 --> 00:01:82,000 of the ground just with your arms with 52 00:00:139,000 --> 00:01:86,000 this pull-up now we have the downward 53 00:00:143,000 --> 00:01:88,000 scale let's have a look above the 65 54 00:00:146,000 --> 00:01:91,000 kilos so for this we know that we could 55 00:00:148,000 --> 00:01:93,000 add weight by just simply placing the 56 00:00:151,000 --> 00:01:97,000 weight belt onto us with varying amounts 57 00:00:154,000 --> 00:01:99,000 of weight plates and we know that we can 58 00:00:157,000 --> 00:01:103,000 put as much or as little weight as we 59 00:00:160,000 --> 00:01:109,000 like on so I'm just going to add a 10 60 00:00:164,000 --> 00:01:111,000 kilo increment for 65 to 75 and then 61 00:00:169,000 --> 00:01:114,000 we're going to go up again to 85 and 62 00:00:171,000 --> 00:01:117,000 then finally 95 obviously this can be as 63 00:00:175,000 --> 00:01:121,000 small as you like or as big as you like 64 00:00:177,000 --> 00:01:123,000 the scale is absolutely as much or as 65 00:00:181,000 --> 00:01:126,000 little as you like it to be after 66 00:00:184,000 --> 00:01:129,000 creating the scale now you have to place 67 00:00:186,000 --> 00:01:131,000 yourself onto it now to do that we are 68 00:00:189,000 --> 00:01:133,000 actually going to spend a whole session 69 00:00:192,000 --> 00:01:138,000 just figuring out what are one 70 00:00:194,000 --> 00:01:142,000 repetition maximum is going to be so we 71 00:00:198,000 --> 00:01:147,000 call this a 1 RM so the 1 RM is a way of 72 00:00:203,000 --> 00:01:149,000 checking what our raw strength is and it 73 00:00:207,000 --> 00:01:153,000 means that we're going to look at what 74 00:00:209,000 --> 00:01:155,000 could we only do once on the bar so how 75 00:00:213,000 --> 00:01:158,000 what weight could we use that means that 76 00:00:216,000 --> 00:01:161,000 we would only be able to do one of those 77 00:00:219,000 --> 00:01:164,000 repetitions if you feel that you could 78 00:00:221,000 --> 00:01:165,000 do doubles or triples it means it's too 79 00:00:224,000 --> 00:01:169,000 light and we really want to find out 80 00:00:226,000 --> 00:01:171,000 what that single one is so when you 81 00:00:229,000 --> 00:01:173,000 start you're going to start very very 82 00:00:232,000 --> 00:01:177,000 light you have to be completely honest 83 00:00:234,000 --> 00:01:178,000 with yourself as a student or if you're 84 00:00:237,000 --> 00:01:181,000 the coach you really want to have a look 85 00:00:239,000 --> 00:01:184,000 at starting with something that you know 86 00:00:242,000 --> 00:01:188,000 is going to be very very easy so let's 87 00:00:245,000 --> 00:01:192,000 start with the green band here now 88 00:00:248,000 --> 00:01:195,000 we know that using the scale we're gonna 89 00:00:252,000 --> 00:01:198,000 weigh 35 kilos so it means that our 90 00:00:256,000 --> 00:01:200,000 first check of being able to do a single 91 00:00:259,000 --> 00:01:203,000 repetition with the green if we can 92 00:00:261,000 --> 00:01:206,000 complete it we know that we're starting 93 00:00:264,000 --> 00:01:207,000 at the scale of 35 kilos and that we can 94 00:00:266,000 --> 00:01:209,000 do that 95 00:00:267,000 --> 00:01:214,000 okay so again I'm going to use the band 96 00:00:270,000 --> 00:01:217,000 here I'm going to hang pull up and out 97 00:00:274,000 --> 00:01:220,000 now because I've completed that I know 98 00:00:278,000 --> 00:01:224,000 that we're starting at 35 kilos and we 99 00:00:281,000 --> 00:01:226,000 can move up to a nut the next way up and 100 00:00:284,000 --> 00:01:229,000 we're going to have a go up to doing 101 00:00:286,000 --> 00:01:231,000 that and trying again we're now going to 102 00:00:289,000 --> 00:01:233,000 move up the scale we're going to try to 103 00:00:292,000 --> 00:01:236,000 get far up the scale as we can and 104 00:00:294,000 --> 00:01:239,000 you're going to do that in very small 105 00:00:297,000 --> 00:01:241,000 increments now to begin with you might 106 00:00:300,000 --> 00:01:246,000 find that with your strength ability 107 00:00:302,000 --> 00:01:248,000 actually the green is very very easy is 108 00:00:306,000 --> 00:01:250,000 way too easy so you know that if you 109 00:00:308,000 --> 00:01:252,000 were to go to the blue that would be 110 00:00:310,000 --> 00:01:254,000 fairly easy as well just go straight to 111 00:00:312,000 --> 00:01:258,000 the blue give that one a go as well as 112 00:00:315,000 --> 00:01:262,000 you get closer to what you are 113 00:00:319,000 --> 00:01:265,000 potentially being able to your 1rm so 114 00:00:322,000 --> 00:01:268,000 let's say that after the blue band here 115 00:00:326,000 --> 00:01:271,000 we are starting to struggle we're still 116 00:00:329,000 --> 00:01:273,000 able to do those singles but we know 117 00:00:331,000 --> 00:01:275,000 that the work is starting to get a 118 00:00:333,000 --> 00:01:278,000 little bit harder we want to make those 119 00:00:335,000 --> 00:01:280,000 increments smaller so we start with the 120 00:00:338,000 --> 00:01:282,000 blue there and we can actually use the 121 00:00:341,000 --> 00:01:285,000 weight belt to place a little bit more 122 00:00:343,000 --> 00:01:287,000 weight on us to make us a little bit 123 00:00:345,000 --> 00:01:290,000 heavier so the difference between the 124 00:00:347,000 --> 00:01:293,000 blue and the red has now replaced a 125 00:00:350,000 --> 00:01:296,000 middle ground in between the two so as 126 00:00:353,000 --> 00:01:298,000 we start adding more weight to ourselves 127 00:00:356,000 --> 00:01:301,000 and using the blue band it means we're 128 00:00:359,000 --> 00:01:302,000 getting closer and closer to that red 129 00:00:361,000 --> 00:01:306,000 band okay 130 00:00:363,000 --> 00:01:309,000 so we're using the blue going towards 131 00:00:367,000 --> 00:01:312,000 the red and you just keep adding weight 132 00:00:369,000 --> 00:01:315,000 and you want to look at usually around 1 133 00:00:372,000 --> 00:01:317,000 kilo as an increment so as you start 134 00:00:375,000 --> 00:01:320,000 getting very close to your 1rm you only 135 00:00:378,000 --> 00:01:323,000 want to be putting very small amounts of 136 00:00:380,000 --> 00:01:325,000 weight as increments as you get closer 137 00:00:383,000 --> 00:01:328,000 to it so we've been using the blue band 138 00:00:385,000 --> 00:01:330,000 we've gone from the green up to the blue 139 00:00:388,000 --> 00:01:333,000 and now we're slowly moving towards the 140 00:00:390,000 --> 00:01:336,000 red let's say you're using the weight 141 00:00:394,000 --> 00:01:340,000 belt to go up in one kilogram increments 142 00:00:397,000 --> 00:01:343,000 up until you get up to that red 143 00:00:400,000 --> 00:01:346,000 and value you get to the red band you 144 00:00:404,000 --> 00:01:350,000 managed to do one pull-up with the red 145 00:00:406,000 --> 00:01:351,000 band without any extra weight you decide 146 00:00:410,000 --> 00:01:355,000 you're going to give the next one a go 147 00:00:412,000 --> 00:01:357,000 and you pay some extra kilo onto your 148 00:00:415,000 --> 00:01:360,000 bodyweight you try the red band and 149 00:00:418,000 --> 00:01:364,000 you're unable to do it that is where 150 00:00:421,000 --> 00:01:367,000 your 1rm is going to sit so the red band 151 00:00:424,000 --> 00:01:369,000 the one that you completed the one that 152 00:00:427,000 --> 00:01:373,000 you were able to do that is your current 153 00:00:430,000 --> 00:01:376,000 ability level on this scale so now we 154 00:00:434,000 --> 00:01:380,000 have our 1 RM we can now place ourselves 155 00:00:436,000 --> 00:01:383,000 onto the scale and we know where we are 156 00:00:440,000 --> 00:01:387,000 using the example we are able to do the 157 00:00:443,000 --> 00:01:389,000 red band and a single rep with the red 158 00:00:447,000 --> 00:01:393,000 band that means our 1 RM is sitting at 159 00:00:450,000 --> 00:01:397,000 51 kilos now we've found where our 160 00:00:453,000 --> 00:01:399,000 current level lies we can now start to 161 00:00:457,000 --> 00:01:401,000 have a look at our goals and we're going 162 00:00:459,000 --> 00:01:404,000 to have a look at how we're going to 163 00:00:461,000 --> 00:01:406,000 create our program around our current 164 00:00:465,000 --> 00:01:410,000 ability level and how to progress up 165 00:00:467,000 --> 00:01:410,000 from there 166 00:00:476,000 --> 00:01:418,000 you