When starting a strength training program, it’s crucial to have a clear layout of your workouts. This tutorial focuses on structuring your program efficiently and understanding how to track your progress effectively. By establishing a plan for three sets of five repetitions, you can ensure a manageable yet challenging routine that will help you increase your strength over time. Properly resting between sets and accounting for recovery times between training sessions are essential elements that will significantly impact your performance.
Begin by creating your program with three sets of five repetitions. It's important to fully complete each set, striving for a total of 15 repetitions. Remember to rest adequately between sets—this might mean taking 6 to 8 minutes to recharge fully before tackling the next round. Your goal is to begin each set feeling fresh and capable of performing at your best. Once you have completed your workout, schedule your training sessions every 48 to 72 hours. Maintaining this rhythm allows your body the necessary time to recover and build strength without leading to fatigue accumulation. Keep in mind that if you fail to complete all 15 repetitions, you should maintain the same weight in your next session until you can achieve your goal.
To keep track of your progress, regularly check your one-rep max (1RM) every two to three months. This metric helps you assess how effectively your program is contributing to strength gains. As you successfully complete all repetitions, consider making small increments to your weight—about half a kilo to one kilo at a time. If progress stalls for several sessions, try reducing the weight incrementally to keep moving forward. You don’t need a complex tracking system; a simple notebook or digital tool to note your sets, reps, and weights will suffice. Consistent recording will help you visualize your achievements and keep you motivated on your strength training journey.
- Establish three sets of five reps and focus on fully completing them.
- Rest adequately (6-8 minutes) between sets to maximize performance.
- Record your weights and repetitions to track progress and make gradual adjustments.
0.12in this episode we're going to be taking2.28the next step we're going to be looking4.17at laying out your program and writing6.87it down in the previous episodes we've9.33figured out what we are going to do as11.759our work sets and our work weight we're14.73now going to create our program the17.34program is going to consist of trying to19.98do three sets of five repetitions so24.75you're going to try to do your five27.06repetitions that you did in the last28.769episode but you're going to do that31.529three times each set is going to be35.55completed and you need to focus on37.98trying to complete the entire 1541.43repetitions one of the beginning44.25mistakes is not resting enough between47.34your sets in a strength-based program50.19you want to make sure that you are52.32resting enough so you can attempt the55.199next set at a hundred percent you don't58.23want to be fatigued when you attempt61.199that set you want to make sure that you63.539have everything you could possibly have66to do those five repetitions it's common69.869to have six seven eight minutes of rest73.58until you make sure that you are75.75absolutely ready to go don't go if you79.259feel that you have even a little bit of81.21fatigue make sure that your body is83.159still warm but you are not fatigued so85.83we've done our five by three program89.4we've written this out we've completed91.32it we are now going to repeat this every95.2248 to 72 hours the way that your body100.14will work is you are going to do the102.36training you will spend a period of time105.36in the fatigue State and then you're108.45going to be looking at a recovery state111.54and that recovery we want to make sure114.27is completed and as your recovery has117.42completed you want to then train again120.5roughly two to three days is how much123.57space you want to leave between your126.06sessions for you to get stronger with128.7this training if you don't give it131.25enough rest and you don't act133.86recover what's going to happen is the136.65fatigue is going to build up and you are139.56not going to feel it Matt perhaps in the141.63first week or two or even month you will144.39feel it further down the line as the146.61fatigue compounds similarly if you leave150.51it too long so past the 72-hour what is154.47going to happen is your body is going to156.42revert back to or slowly revert back to159.75your previous strength level that you161.91had before you did the training so you164.97want to at the 72-hour mark you're167.97building on the strength levels that you170.25have from the previous session so the173.37gains that you had created from the175.32previous session you're going to build177.06upon on the next one and then on to the180.03next one so the key to linear progress183.54and consistent progress is to have a187.44very small increment in the training190.5sessions if you manage to do all 15193.62repetitions you are going to then196.11increase only by half to one kilo up200.959into the next session once you do that204.54session again if you complete the 15 you207.959increase again on the flipside if you211.53are unable to complete the 15214.08repetitions that you've set yourself216.15then you need to stay on that way or go220.26back a step until you can do that 15 you224.489need to be able to complete the 15226.59repetitions until you progress there is229.709no point in going further up until you232.53have completed the 15 reps so something235.29that is important to know is whether the237.84program is working or not now240.15to check whether it is or not we need to243.239repeat the 1 RM checks and all we need248.22to do is every 2 or 3 months is to go251.61back to doing that 1 RM session where we255.84just start from low again and start to258.989build up and try to figure out what our261.9891 repetition max is hopefully if you've265.8been doing the program267.36correctly and you've been doing that269.219very small steady increase in weight you272.46will find that the actual level of your275.1291rm would have increased from let's say278.55the red band which we had in our example280.919up maybe a kilo or two to make ourselves284.55stronger and we can see that we are287.159actually getting stronger using that 1rm290.49value attached to this episode is a294.659template that I've created for you to297.169give you an idea of how your program299.939should look now it's going to start303.36looking like this but as we kind of306.479build up with the warm-ups and cooldowns308.939as well it's going to get slightly more310.469complicated but for now we're just gonna312.99stick with this where we can see what316.139our sessions are going to look like for318.27the meet of this session training320.37session so here you can see an example323.279of one of the training sessions and here327.029I've laid out what you want to be doing329.669with your sets and your reps now to332.58begin with you can see that each of335.069these big columns so you have week one338.19here is gonna go down from the Monday341.509into Wednesday and then into Friday so345.99don't forget that we have those two to348.389three days rest and we're able to352.099recover from the previous session before355.62we do the next now here in each row you360.27have what the session consists of so for363.18the first one we've worked out that our365.4work set is 42 kilos so using the band369.719and we're going to be doing three sets372.509of five repetitions so we're going to do375.509five reps we're going to rest and then377.55we're going to do another five reps379.11we're going to rest and then we do380.4another final third set of five reps so385.56we will record down in these boxes every390.449time we do one repetition that equals 42395.94so if we do five repetitions400.41actually instead of just saying that402.69we've done five in here what we're405.06actually going to do is record what we407.4call the volume so the volume is the410.7number of repetitions times the weight412.95so actually it will be for 210 so 210 is421.615 times 42 and every time we manage to426.51do the 5 we're going to record in the428.58next volume so say set 2 we do 210 we432.75put that in and then finally another 210436.05into the third set so on Monday we can439.95see that we have managed to do every rep443.94for each set ok so that would happen on447.81Monday and then on Wednesday we repeat450the process so we know that we have 42452.4kilos as our weight 3 sets 5 reps and we457.05repeat the process so say we do that459.36again we're able to do 5 reps 5 reps 5465.12reps ok and then we can move into Friday468.21so something that is actually you can471.78see here is I've done the same program474.57even though I completed that all five478.44all 15 reps I've completed so actually482.55what we're going to do is we're going to484.2use the adjusted weight so instead of487.26doing 42 so let's say we actually go to491.9443 so I'm going to put 43 in here 43 43496.56and that means that the volume actually498.33goes up to 213 213 213 okay so we're504.99actually we've done more for the volume508.17and we can record that down with this510.78adjusted weight511.98so as we complete the week and we have515.13managed to make her way over to Friday517.91we're now upping the weight again from521.5243 up 1 to 44 44 44 and we've only been528.6able to manage 14 of the 15 reps in533.56on this Friday session so let's say that536.38on the first set you could do all of the539.59five reps the second set again all five543.04reps but for the third set unfortunately546.43you didn't make the fifth repetition549.79this is totally fine so instead of 2:16553.33it's actually 1/7 - okay so it's forty557.56four times four not five so this is562.3inevitably going to happen where you're564.4going to miss a rep here or there so567.81what happens is on the next training571.21session so we're gonna go up on to week573.61two on the Monday the following Monday575.71we're gonna do the same adjusted wait578.68okay so we're not going to increase580.83we're going to put the adjusted weight583.57here as 44 44 44 okay588.07and again we're just doing the same589.96training session so this would be 2:16592.66we managed to do all five reps on there594.76- 16 yes and then we managed to do the598.78third set again - 16 we did all five602.35reps okay so now we can progress on605.77again with our weight so instead of 44609.01on the next set we now move up to 45611.95okay612.9445 45 and now what's going to happen is617.08the new volume is going to change to two619.69to five okay and we just carry on doing622.96the same thing and we keep increasing625.3our weight and putting in our volume629.05values in here with these values let's632.65say for instance that on this Monday635.89session actually what happened was we638.68hit the 14 of the 15 again so this642.13actually became 172 and actually it just646.66repeated itself and then for the next649.78session again the same thing happens so652.839you find that actually the values just657.3sit there and you kind of feel like659.41progress is not going anywhere what this662.23is saying is the difference between the665.5343 to the667.209forty-four was too large and you need to670.779go a little bit more granular in terms673.42of the weight so when we can do this so676.209instead of 43 to 44 that step up is too680.079big so what you can actually do is you683.11go back down a little bit and instead of685.50943 but 44 you do 43 to 40 3.5 or even692.079smaller numbers you could you could do693.91forty three point to forty three point696.22one and you go up in smaller steps this699.459is perfectly fine and it means that you702.339can start on that linear progression705.189upwards again don't stick on the same708.61amount and the same numbers constantly711.309if you find that three sessions in a row714.209happen the same then I would suggest716.92going back to the 43 and then granularly721.439increase a smaller amount so the724.179increment is smaller you could go to726.85forty three point five and see if you729.399can do that session again because you732.369don't want to stick on one value and734.679just keep hitting the same amount it736.99just means that it was too big of a jump739.42for you so go back a little bit and742.42increase with smaller amounts lastly you747.129don't need anything quite as elaborate749.199as this having a simple sheet of paper752.379and pencil or notepad or your mobile754.779phone to record down what you do while757.72you're training is all you need you only760.389need to know how many reps and sets you762.429do and what weight you're doing it at as765.009long as you have an accurate record you767.259can then take it home and fill in769.509something like this a sheet like this771.519and put in your volumes afterwards the775.6reason that having something like this777.399is good is because we can do some simple779.679maths and some statistics and analytics781.72on the values at a later day and we can785.17see our progress much much easier795.5you
1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 in this episode we're going to be taking 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:06,000 the next step we're going to be looking 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:09,000 at laying out your program and writing 4 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,000 it down in the previous episodes we've 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:14,000 figured out what we are going to do as 6 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:16,000 our work sets and our work weight we're 7 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:19,000 now going to create our program the 8 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:24,000 program is going to consist of trying to 9 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:26,000 do three sets of five repetitions so 10 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,000 you're going to try to do your five 11 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,000 repetitions that you did in the last 12 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:34,000 episode but you're going to do that 13 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:37,000 three times each set is going to be 14 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:40,000 completed and you need to focus on 15 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:43,000 trying to complete the entire 15 16 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:46,000 repetitions one of the beginning 17 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:49,000 mistakes is not resting enough between 18 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,000 your sets in a strength-based program 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:55,000 you want to make sure that you are 20 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:57,000 resting enough so you can attempt the 21 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:01,000 next set at a hundred percent you don't 22 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:03,000 want to be fatigued when you attempt 23 00:00:61,000 --> 00:01:05,000 that set you want to make sure that you 24 00:00:63,000 --> 00:01:09,000 have everything you could possibly have 25 00:00:66,000 --> 00:01:13,000 to do those five repetitions it's common 26 00:00:69,000 --> 00:01:14,000 to have six seven eight minutes of rest 27 00:00:73,000 --> 00:01:18,000 until you make sure that you are 28 00:00:75,000 --> 00:01:20,000 absolutely ready to go don't go if you 29 00:00:79,000 --> 00:01:22,000 feel that you have even a little bit of 30 00:00:81,000 --> 00:01:25,000 fatigue make sure that your body is 31 00:00:83,000 --> 00:01:29,000 still warm but you are not fatigued so 32 00:00:85,000 --> 00:01:30,000 we've done our five by three program 33 00:00:89,000 --> 00:01:34,000 we've written this out we've completed 34 00:00:91,000 --> 00:01:39,000 it we are now going to repeat this every 35 00:00:95,000 --> 00:01:42,000 48 to 72 hours the way that your body 36 00:00:100,000 --> 00:01:45,000 will work is you are going to do the 37 00:00:102,000 --> 00:01:48,000 training you will spend a period of time 38 00:00:105,000 --> 00:01:51,000 in the fatigue State and then you're 39 00:00:108,000 --> 00:01:53,000 going to be looking at a recovery state 40 00:00:111,000 --> 00:01:56,000 and that recovery we want to make sure 41 00:00:114,000 --> 00:01:60,000 is completed and as your recovery has 42 00:00:117,000 --> 00:01:63,000 completed you want to then train again 43 00:00:120,000 --> 00:01:65,000 roughly two to three days is how much 44 00:00:123,000 --> 00:01:68,000 space you want to leave between your 45 00:00:126,000 --> 00:01:71,000 sessions for you to get stronger with 46 00:00:128,000 --> 00:01:73,000 this training if you don't give it 47 00:00:131,000 --> 00:01:76,000 enough rest and you don't act 48 00:00:133,000 --> 00:01:78,000 recover what's going to happen is the 49 00:00:136,000 --> 00:01:80,000 fatigue is going to build up and you are 50 00:00:139,000 --> 00:01:83,000 not going to feel it Matt perhaps in the 51 00:00:141,000 --> 00:01:85,000 first week or two or even month you will 52 00:00:144,000 --> 00:01:90,000 feel it further down the line as the 53 00:00:146,000 --> 00:01:93,000 fatigue compounds similarly if you leave 54 00:00:150,000 --> 00:01:95,000 it too long so past the 72-hour what is 55 00:00:154,000 --> 00:01:99,000 going to happen is your body is going to 56 00:00:156,000 --> 00:01:101,000 revert back to or slowly revert back to 57 00:00:159,000 --> 00:01:104,000 your previous strength level that you 58 00:00:161,000 --> 00:01:107,000 had before you did the training so you 59 00:00:164,000 --> 00:01:109,000 want to at the 72-hour mark you're 60 00:00:167,000 --> 00:01:112,000 building on the strength levels that you 61 00:00:170,000 --> 00:01:115,000 have from the previous session so the 62 00:00:173,000 --> 00:01:116,000 gains that you had created from the 63 00:00:175,000 --> 00:01:119,000 previous session you're going to build 64 00:00:177,000 --> 00:01:123,000 upon on the next one and then on to the 65 00:00:180,000 --> 00:01:127,000 next one so the key to linear progress 66 00:00:183,000 --> 00:01:129,000 and consistent progress is to have a 67 00:00:187,000 --> 00:01:133,000 very small increment in the training 68 00:00:190,000 --> 00:01:135,000 sessions if you manage to do all 15 69 00:00:193,000 --> 00:01:140,000 repetitions you are going to then 70 00:00:196,000 --> 00:01:144,000 increase only by half to one kilo up 71 00:00:200,000 --> 00:01:147,000 into the next session once you do that 72 00:00:204,000 --> 00:01:150,000 session again if you complete the 15 you 73 00:00:207,000 --> 00:01:153,000 increase again on the flipside if you 74 00:00:211,000 --> 00:01:155,000 are unable to complete the 15 75 00:00:214,000 --> 00:01:160,000 repetitions that you've set yourself 76 00:00:216,000 --> 00:01:164,000 then you need to stay on that way or go 77 00:00:220,000 --> 00:01:166,000 back a step until you can do that 15 you 78 00:00:224,000 --> 00:01:169,000 need to be able to complete the 15 79 00:00:226,000 --> 00:01:171,000 repetitions until you progress there is 80 00:00:229,000 --> 00:01:174,000 no point in going further up until you 81 00:00:232,000 --> 00:01:177,000 have completed the 15 reps so something 82 00:00:235,000 --> 00:01:179,000 that is important to know is whether the 83 00:00:237,000 --> 00:01:182,000 program is working or not now 84 00:00:240,000 --> 00:01:188,000 to check whether it is or not we need to 85 00:00:243,000 --> 00:01:191,000 repeat the 1 RM checks and all we need 86 00:00:248,000 --> 00:01:195,000 to do is every 2 or 3 months is to go 87 00:00:251,000 --> 00:01:198,000 back to doing that 1 RM session where we 88 00:00:255,000 --> 00:01:201,000 just start from low again and start to 89 00:00:258,000 --> 00:01:204,000 build up and try to figure out what our 90 00:00:261,000 --> 00:01:206,000 1 repetition max is hopefully if you've 91 00:00:265,000 --> 00:01:208,000 been doing the program 92 00:00:267,000 --> 00:01:212,000 correctly and you've been doing that 93 00:00:269,000 --> 00:01:214,000 very small steady increase in weight you 94 00:00:272,000 --> 00:01:218,000 will find that the actual level of your 95 00:00:275,000 --> 00:01:220,000 1rm would have increased from let's say 96 00:00:278,000 --> 00:01:224,000 the red band which we had in our example 97 00:00:280,000 --> 00:01:226,000 up maybe a kilo or two to make ourselves 98 00:00:284,000 --> 00:01:229,000 stronger and we can see that we are 99 00:00:287,000 --> 00:01:234,000 actually getting stronger using that 1rm 100 00:00:290,000 --> 00:01:236,000 value attached to this episode is a 101 00:00:294,000 --> 00:01:239,000 template that I've created for you to 102 00:00:297,000 --> 00:01:243,000 give you an idea of how your program 103 00:00:299,000 --> 00:01:245,000 should look now it's going to start 104 00:00:303,000 --> 00:01:248,000 looking like this but as we kind of 105 00:00:306,000 --> 00:01:249,000 build up with the warm-ups and cooldowns 106 00:00:308,000 --> 00:01:252,000 as well it's going to get slightly more 107 00:00:310,000 --> 00:01:255,000 complicated but for now we're just gonna 108 00:00:312,000 --> 00:01:257,000 stick with this where we can see what 109 00:00:316,000 --> 00:01:260,000 our sessions are going to look like for 110 00:00:318,000 --> 00:01:263,000 the meet of this session training 111 00:00:320,000 --> 00:01:266,000 session so here you can see an example 112 00:00:323,000 --> 00:01:269,000 of one of the training sessions and here 113 00:00:327,000 --> 00:01:272,000 I've laid out what you want to be doing 114 00:00:329,000 --> 00:01:274,000 with your sets and your reps now to 115 00:00:332,000 --> 00:01:277,000 begin with you can see that each of 116 00:00:335,000 --> 00:01:281,000 these big columns so you have week one 117 00:00:338,000 --> 00:01:285,000 here is gonna go down from the Monday 118 00:00:341,000 --> 00:01:287,000 into Wednesday and then into Friday so 119 00:00:345,000 --> 00:01:291,000 don't forget that we have those two to 120 00:00:348,000 --> 00:01:295,000 three days rest and we're able to 121 00:00:352,000 --> 00:01:300,000 recover from the previous session before 122 00:00:355,000 --> 00:01:302,000 we do the next now here in each row you 123 00:00:360,000 --> 00:01:305,000 have what the session consists of so for 124 00:00:363,000 --> 00:01:309,000 the first one we've worked out that our 125 00:00:365,000 --> 00:01:312,000 work set is 42 kilos so using the band 126 00:00:369,000 --> 00:01:314,000 and we're going to be doing three sets 127 00:00:372,000 --> 00:01:317,000 of five repetitions so we're going to do 128 00:00:375,000 --> 00:01:318,000 five reps we're going to rest and then 129 00:00:377,000 --> 00:01:319,000 we're going to do another five reps 130 00:00:379,000 --> 00:01:325,000 we're going to rest and then we do 131 00:00:380,000 --> 00:01:330,000 another final third set of five reps so 132 00:00:385,000 --> 00:01:335,000 we will record down in these boxes every 133 00:00:390,000 --> 00:01:339,000 time we do one repetition that equals 42 134 00:00:395,000 --> 00:01:341,000 so if we do five repetitions 135 00:00:400,000 --> 00:01:344,000 actually instead of just saying that 136 00:00:402,000 --> 00:01:346,000 we've done five in here what we're 137 00:00:405,000 --> 00:01:350,000 actually going to do is record what we 138 00:00:407,000 --> 00:01:352,000 call the volume so the volume is the 139 00:00:410,000 --> 00:01:360,000 number of repetitions times the weight 140 00:00:412,000 --> 00:01:365,000 so actually it will be for 210 so 210 is 141 00:00:421,000 --> 00:01:367,000 5 times 42 and every time we manage to 142 00:00:426,000 --> 00:01:372,000 do the 5 we're going to record in the 143 00:00:428,000 --> 00:01:375,000 next volume so say set 2 we do 210 we 144 00:00:432,000 --> 00:01:379,000 put that in and then finally another 210 145 00:00:436,000 --> 00:01:383,000 into the third set so on Monday we can 146 00:00:439,000 --> 00:01:386,000 see that we have managed to do every rep 147 00:00:443,000 --> 00:01:389,000 for each set ok so that would happen on 148 00:00:447,000 --> 00:01:391,000 Monday and then on Wednesday we repeat 149 00:00:450,000 --> 00:01:397,000 the process so we know that we have 42 150 00:00:452,000 --> 00:01:398,000 kilos as our weight 3 sets 5 reps and we 151 00:00:457,000 --> 00:01:405,000 repeat the process so say we do that 152 00:00:459,000 --> 00:01:407,000 again we're able to do 5 reps 5 reps 5 153 00:00:465,000 --> 00:01:411,000 reps ok and then we can move into Friday 154 00:00:468,000 --> 00:01:414,000 so something that is actually you can 155 00:00:471,000 --> 00:01:417,000 see here is I've done the same program 156 00:00:474,000 --> 00:01:421,000 even though I completed that all five 157 00:00:478,000 --> 00:01:423,000 all 15 reps I've completed so actually 158 00:00:482,000 --> 00:01:426,000 what we're going to do is we're going to 159 00:00:484,000 --> 00:01:431,000 use the adjusted weight so instead of 160 00:00:487,000 --> 00:01:436,000 doing 42 so let's say we actually go to 161 00:00:491,000 --> 00:01:437,000 43 so I'm going to put 43 in here 43 43 162 00:00:496,000 --> 00:01:444,000 and that means that the volume actually 163 00:00:498,000 --> 00:01:447,000 goes up to 213 213 213 okay so we're 164 00:00:504,000 --> 00:01:449,000 actually we've done more for the volume 165 00:00:508,000 --> 00:01:451,000 and we can record that down with this 166 00:00:510,000 --> 00:01:454,000 adjusted weight 167 00:00:511,000 --> 00:01:456,000 so as we complete the week and we have 168 00:00:515,000 --> 00:01:461,000 managed to make her way over to Friday 169 00:00:517,000 --> 00:01:467,000 we're now upping the weight again from 170 00:00:521,000 --> 00:01:473,000 43 up 1 to 44 44 44 and we've only been 171 00:00:528,000 --> 00:01:475,000 able to manage 14 of the 15 reps in 172 00:00:533,000 --> 00:01:479,000 on this Friday session so let's say that 173 00:00:536,000 --> 00:01:482,000 on the first set you could do all of the 174 00:00:539,000 --> 00:01:485,000 five reps the second set again all five 175 00:00:543,000 --> 00:01:489,000 reps but for the third set unfortunately 176 00:00:546,000 --> 00:01:492,000 you didn't make the fifth repetition 177 00:00:549,000 --> 00:01:496,000 this is totally fine so instead of 2:16 178 00:00:553,000 --> 00:01:501,000 it's actually 1/7 - okay so it's forty 179 00:00:557,000 --> 00:01:503,000 four times four not five so this is 180 00:00:562,000 --> 00:01:507,000 inevitably going to happen where you're 181 00:00:564,000 --> 00:01:510,000 going to miss a rep here or there so 182 00:00:567,000 --> 00:01:512,000 what happens is on the next training 183 00:00:571,000 --> 00:01:515,000 session so we're gonna go up on to week 184 00:00:573,000 --> 00:01:518,000 two on the Monday the following Monday 185 00:00:575,000 --> 00:01:520,000 we're gonna do the same adjusted wait 186 00:00:578,000 --> 00:01:522,000 okay so we're not going to increase 187 00:00:580,000 --> 00:01:527,000 we're going to put the adjusted weight 188 00:00:583,000 --> 00:01:529,000 here as 44 44 44 okay 189 00:00:588,000 --> 00:01:532,000 and again we're just doing the same 190 00:00:589,000 --> 00:01:533,000 training session so this would be 2:16 191 00:00:592,000 --> 00:01:538,000 we managed to do all five reps on there 192 00:00:594,000 --> 00:01:541,000 - 16 yes and then we managed to do the 193 00:00:598,000 --> 00:01:544,000 third set again - 16 we did all five 194 00:00:602,000 --> 00:01:548,000 reps okay so now we can progress on 195 00:00:605,000 --> 00:01:551,000 again with our weight so instead of 44 196 00:00:609,000 --> 00:01:552,000 on the next set we now move up to 45 197 00:00:611,000 --> 00:01:556,000 okay 198 00:00:612,000 --> 00:01:558,000 45 45 and now what's going to happen is 199 00:00:617,000 --> 00:01:562,000 the new volume is going to change to two 200 00:00:619,000 --> 00:01:564,000 to five okay and we just carry on doing 201 00:00:622,000 --> 00:01:568,000 the same thing and we keep increasing 202 00:00:625,000 --> 00:01:572,000 our weight and putting in our volume 203 00:00:629,000 --> 00:01:575,000 values in here with these values let's 204 00:00:632,000 --> 00:01:578,000 say for instance that on this Monday 205 00:00:635,000 --> 00:01:581,000 session actually what happened was we 206 00:00:638,000 --> 00:01:585,000 hit the 14 of the 15 again so this 207 00:00:642,000 --> 00:01:589,000 actually became 172 and actually it just 208 00:00:646,000 --> 00:01:592,000 repeated itself and then for the next 209 00:00:649,000 --> 00:01:596,000 session again the same thing happens so 210 00:00:652,000 --> 00:01:598,000 you find that actually the values just 211 00:00:657,000 --> 00:01:601,000 sit there and you kind of feel like 212 00:00:659,000 --> 00:01:605,000 progress is not going anywhere what this 213 00:00:662,000 --> 00:01:606,000 is saying is the difference between the 214 00:00:665,000 --> 00:01:610,000 43 to the 215 00:00:667,000 --> 00:01:613,000 forty-four was too large and you need to 216 00:00:670,000 --> 00:01:615,000 go a little bit more granular in terms 217 00:00:673,000 --> 00:01:619,000 of the weight so when we can do this so 218 00:00:676,000 --> 00:01:622,000 instead of 43 to 44 that step up is too 219 00:00:680,000 --> 00:01:625,000 big so what you can actually do is you 220 00:00:683,000 --> 00:01:631,000 go back down a little bit and instead of 221 00:00:685,000 --> 00:01:633,000 43 but 44 you do 43 to 40 3.5 or even 222 00:00:692,000 --> 00:01:636,000 smaller numbers you could you could do 223 00:00:693,000 --> 00:01:638,000 forty three point to forty three point 224 00:00:696,000 --> 00:01:642,000 one and you go up in smaller steps this 225 00:00:699,000 --> 00:01:644,000 is perfectly fine and it means that you 226 00:00:702,000 --> 00:01:648,000 can start on that linear progression 227 00:00:705,000 --> 00:01:651,000 upwards again don't stick on the same 228 00:00:708,000 --> 00:01:653,000 amount and the same numbers constantly 229 00:00:711,000 --> 00:01:656,000 if you find that three sessions in a row 230 00:00:714,000 --> 00:01:661,000 happen the same then I would suggest 231 00:00:716,000 --> 00:01:663,000 going back to the 43 and then granularly 232 00:00:721,000 --> 00:01:666,000 increase a smaller amount so the 233 00:00:724,000 --> 00:01:669,000 increment is smaller you could go to 234 00:00:726,000 --> 00:01:671,000 forty three point five and see if you 235 00:00:729,000 --> 00:01:674,000 can do that session again because you 236 00:00:732,000 --> 00:01:676,000 don't want to stick on one value and 237 00:00:734,000 --> 00:01:678,000 just keep hitting the same amount it 238 00:00:736,000 --> 00:01:681,000 just means that it was too big of a jump 239 00:00:739,000 --> 00:01:686,000 for you so go back a little bit and 240 00:00:742,000 --> 00:01:688,000 increase with smaller amounts lastly you 241 00:00:747,000 --> 00:01:692,000 don't need anything quite as elaborate 242 00:00:749,000 --> 00:01:694,000 as this having a simple sheet of paper 243 00:00:752,000 --> 00:01:697,000 and pencil or notepad or your mobile 244 00:00:754,000 --> 00:01:699,000 phone to record down what you do while 245 00:00:757,000 --> 00:01:701,000 you're training is all you need you only 246 00:00:760,000 --> 00:01:704,000 need to know how many reps and sets you 247 00:00:762,000 --> 00:01:706,000 do and what weight you're doing it at as 248 00:00:765,000 --> 00:01:709,000 long as you have an accurate record you 249 00:00:767,000 --> 00:01:711,000 can then take it home and fill in 250 00:00:769,000 --> 00:01:715,000 something like this a sheet like this 251 00:00:771,000 --> 00:01:716,000 and put in your volumes afterwards the 252 00:00:775,000 --> 00:01:719,000 reason that having something like this 253 00:00:777,000 --> 00:01:721,000 is good is because we can do some simple 254 00:00:779,000 --> 00:01:724,000 maths and some statistics and analytics 255 00:00:781,000 --> 00:01:728,000 on the values at a later day and we can 256 00:00:785,000 --> 00:01:729,000 see our progress much much easier 257 00:00:795,000 --> 00:01:737,000 you